‘I was among 300 good-natured, funny, supportive people, who care deeply about human rights.’ Photo: by Big Ride for Palestine, on Faacebook
On your bike: Anne M Jones joins the Big Ride for Palestine 2023
‘It’s the love and solidarity across all peoples that matters.’
by Anne M Jones
8th September 2023
The P word is an inflammatory one. P for Palestine. Using it in conversation provokes defensiveness and verbal ping-pong, with ‘tit for tat’ tones. These conversations are often based on an inadequate understanding, and fruitless. Our media doesn’t help here: information about daily events in Israel and the Occupied Territories is not often offered. For that kind of reporting one needs to seek out organisations that are active on the ground: Human Rights Watch, the Israeli Campaign against House Demolition, Jewish Voice for Peace, or the Amos trust, to name a few.
