The ever-growing rise of fascism in the Israeli state.
Today was the start of the 2nd Palestine Festival of Literature, slated to open at the Palestinian National Theater in East Jerusalem. The festival began as a call from Edward Said, to “reaffirm the power of culture over the culture of power.” As participants were gathering, the Israeli police shut down the theater. The French consul who was in attendance, offered the French Cultural Center as a new venue in the moment, in order for the festival to continue.
Where is the global Jewish outcry about this?
Of course it doesn’t exist because Zionist authoritarianism has the silent support of many Jews.