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How To Sabotage The Pro-Palestine Movement
JOHNSTONE
English - May 27, 2021 11:29 - 10 minutes - 9.31 MB - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
If I were an imperial narrative manager trying to help regain control of the Israel narrative, I would employ such validate-and-divert tactics. I would not try to dismiss people's concerns about the oppression and murder of Palestinians, I would validate those concerns. I would get on their side. I would insert myself into the conversation by condemning Israeli apartheid abuses and calling for Palestinian freedom. And then, once I was a part of the conversation, I would begin working to make the conversation about anti-semitism instead.
It wouldn't take much. Just a step back from my Palestine advocacy to say "Oh, hang on, this rise in anti-semitism is very concerning, can we pause and fix this please?" And just like that I've knocked a lot of the momentum off of the movement and taken the conversation in a very different direction that will never reach any kind of resolution.
Reading by Tim Foley.
Article with links and sources: https://caitlinjohnstone.substack.com/p/how-to-sabotage-the-pro-palestine
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