On Sunday, dozens of people gathered near the Aish Hatorah synagogue in Thornhill, Ont., to protest an event that organizers say was aimed at helping people in the Toronto area buy property in Israel. They were met with pro-Israeli counterprotestors and Jewish leaders took issue with the Sunday protest taking place outside a synagogue.
But Pro-Palestinian protestors say companies associated with the event market property in the West Bank, where over two million Palestinians live under Israel’s military occupation, according to the United Nations (UN).
The UN, alongside Canada, consider Israeli settlements in the occupied territories to be in violation of international convention, with the federal government saying they “constitute a serious obstacle to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace.”
“There was no sales for anything in the West Bank, anything on disputed territory,” she said, noting the projects on offer were being built on “existing” and “established” areas.
My great grandfather died aged 100. He lived to see the Ottoman Empire fall. The area was always called Palestine. When he died, he was already much older than Israel itself. He died a Palestinian whether you like it or not or whether you think we Palestinians need to wait for you or the US or someone to validate our existence or not (hint: nope we don’t).
Palestine exists. Palestinians exist. A national Palestinian identity exists. Whether you and Spencer and all your funny biased writers and heros believe that or not.
The Palestinian people deserve self determination. And anything less is probably purely out of racism :)