Progressives who work on the Israel-Palestine issue are
always seeking traction among the American public with the expectation that
when enough Americans want a policy change, Congress will be receptive to
change.
Mitchell Plitnick gave us some insight in his interview on “The
Sunday Show” on from Feb. 15, 2015 on KPFA (http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/111238
). He said that Americans view of Israel
goes up and down, but Americans view of Palestinians is consistently low. Plitnick explicitly said that Americans will change
their understanding of Israel-Palestine because of anything Palestinians do.
Much of the progressive movement related to Israel-Palestine
focuses on Palestinian suffering and Palestinian rights. But Plitnick is telling us that that tactic
will not work. He is telling us that we
much focus on Israel’s bad actions.
If Plitnick has any validity, why do we call ourselves the “Palestinian
Solidarity Movement”?
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