OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she is summoning the Israeli ambassador to explain why Israel Defense Forces fired warning shots near a diplomatic tour in the West Bank on Wednesday.
I think at this point, the hasbara and apologia looks more and more out of touch with reality and it has the opposite effect of its intent. I think the more we see it, the less it works. Totally anecdotal assesment of the process, but the shift in opinions is factual.
Definitely. In the past I hesitated to express my thoughts that Israel is a settler colonial apartheid state and now it’s a very prominent and accepted viewpoint.
Sure there’s a lot of pushback, still, but it’s not an unspeakable accusation like it used to feel like. Even “centrist” eyes can see this viewpoint now
I think at this point, the hasbara and apologia looks more and more out of touch with reality and it has the opposite effect of its intent. I think the more we see it, the less it works. Totally anecdotal assesment of the process, but the shift in opinions is factual.
Definitely. In the past I hesitated to express my thoughts that Israel is a settler colonial apartheid state and now it’s a very prominent and accepted viewpoint.
Sure there’s a lot of pushback, still, but it’s not an unspeakable accusation like it used to feel like. Even “centrist” eyes can see this viewpoint now