Palestine is not complicated, nor is it controversial. Especially not after the past 1.5 years of live-streamed death, destruction, and displacement. No people of any race, religion, or background deserves suffering or oppression. It wasn’t ok during the Holocaust, Iraq War, slavery and it isn’t ok now. Dehumanization of an "othered" people different than us can justify innumerable horrors.

I had the privilege of speaking to Hanna Kawas, Palestinian elder and chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association last year. The audio was unfortunately distorted but after multiple edits, the episode is finally out now. Please adjust your volume accordingly while listening as a result. As well, there is a full written transcript of the episode on the This Stuff Matters podcast RSS.

As discussed in this episode, the tragedy of Palestine is two- ...