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I freelance at @TheEconomist, @BBC_Culture, @atlasobscura - among others. Recovering Arabic student. Currently wallowing in New York waiting for a work permit.
Aug 14, 2018 17 tweets 4 min read
A frustratingly undiscussed aspect of the Corbyn mess is how ignorant he and many of his followers actually are about the Palestinians they supposedly care so much about. By way of explanation, let's look at the Tel al-Zaatar massacre. Never heard of it? Read on. Obviously, Israeli policy over decades has caused huge suffering to Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel proper. Right from the Nakba, through the Kafr Qasim massacre to the recent executions of unarmed men in Gaza. To say nothing of continued settler thefts in W. Bank.