Proposed Code of Values And Conflict For The Palestine/Gaza Solidarity Movement

(Submitted for response and critique)

Context:

I wrote this…from my positionality as an individual, not as the expression of the official viewpoint of any organization, but in response to a lot of unacceptable rhetoric- expressions of actual antisemitism, as opposed to legitimate expressions of Israel-critical or non-bigoted anti-Zionist opinion, in some Gaza solidarity marches.

These expressions have largely vanished in recent weeks- and some were actually the words of alt-right/neo-Nazi infiltrators in the marches and protests, and that some reported incidents, such as what was said to have been chanted at the march in Sydney but actually wasn’t- but they still need to be addressed and it still needs to be made decisively clear that the Palestine/Gaza solidarity community rejects these types of sentiments and that ALL people from all communities, ethnicities and faith/ethical traditions are welcome in these marches.

I present this today for response, suggestions, and critique from the Palestine/Gaza solidarity community.

It currently reads as follows:

“We affirm the following:

“There is ample and valid reason to oppose and protest the Israeli government’s longstanding oppression of the people of Palestine”

“The people of Palestine have lived under the subjugation and oppression of the Israeli government on a continual basis since 1967, when the West…