Last Sunday our Yuval went to party with her favorite music collective. When she put on her keffiyeh, she was asked by the club (IfZ) staff to put it away or leave.
In the end, the DJs and audience walked out in solidarity with her. Yuval's statement:
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In the end, the DJs and audience walked out in solidarity with her. Yuval's statement:
jidleipzig.wordpress.com/2021/07/21/inc…
In her statement, Yuval expresses her gratitude for the solidarity shown by the Music of Color collective and the audience, explains her own position as a Jewish Israeli woman of color, and criticizes the exclusion she experienced.
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"The keffiyeh is a traditional scarf in the Middle East. Every region has its own patterns. It protects us from the sun and warms us when it’s cold.
The Palestinian keffiyeh existed way before the State of Israel and the Palestinian national movement"
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The Palestinian keffiyeh existed way before the State of Israel and the Palestinian national movement"
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"It eventually became a symbol of the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation – a real struggle, and an issue which Israelis both benefit from and suffer from."
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"The conflict is complicated, but the occupation is very simple, I like to say. The power structures are far from being balanced, and even Palestinians who live inside Israel proper do not enjoy full equality."
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"I wear the keffiyeh as a sign of solidarity. I believe we have a responsibility to end the occupation, that it has to happen because we are cousins, and we all deserve to live on that piece of land together, safe, and understand each other's struggles."
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"When a space does not allow any Palestinian representation but promotes other struggles in the name of diversity – that is performative activism. It is hypocritical."
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It is antisemitic to put all Jewish people in a box of what is comfortable to the white German, without actually doing the internal work of understanding the generational trauma and complexity"
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"People of color will not wait until white Germans discuss what they think is right. The occupation is continuing as I write these words. The struggles of Palestinians and other marginalized people do not need their approval, and cannot wait for it."
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"I am amazed and still overwhelmed by the amount of support I have received for my choice not to silence my political existence. Thank you to the Music of Color family, I don’t wish for you to ever experience something like this again."
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"My real wish is that this will create a real and deep discussion and openness to the subject, especially in spaces that identify themselves as political."
Read Yuval's full statement on our website:
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Read Yuval's full statement on our website:
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