She’s been pretty quiet for a while there but now we know what Amira Elghawaby has to say lately anyway…
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The report’s 15 recommendations include adopting a definition of anti-Palestinian racism at all levels of government, as well as related curriculum development, training and education.
There’s also a call for political and institutional leaders to speak out against such racism, provincewide reviews of how schools and school boards have handled reports of anti-Palestinian racism in schools, and creating a fund to support victims of hate-motivated crimes. Sounds like a good idea on the surface anyway.
Ms. Elghawaby was appointed as Canada’s first special representative on combatting Islamophobia in January, 2023.
She said the report demonstrates that civil liberties in Canada have been threatened since 2023 with limits on freedom of expression around Palestine and the protection of Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Canadians.
Framed as a new category of discrimination against Palestinians, their narratives, and their advocates, APR has been aggressively promoted since 2022, first in Canada and now across North America and Europe. Far from protecting human rights, APR is the latest weapon designed to delegitimize Israel and stigmatize its supporters.
Its proponents claim it targets discrimination that “silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames, or dehumanizes Palestinians and their narratives.” In practice, however, APR functions as a tool of political censorship, punishing dissent and suppressing debate.
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Call for Gaza’s demilitarization? Racist. Affirm Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state? Racist. Say no genocide is occurring in Gaza or that there was never a state of Palestine? Racist. Cite Palestinian rejectionism, terrorism, or antisemitism? Racist. Wave an Israeli flag or affirm Jewish indigeneity in the Levant? Racist. Under APR, virtually every expression of support for Israel becomes a racist act.
“We know anti-Palestinian racism is a form of discrimination that can intersect with Islamophobia,” she said.
Report showing rise in anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab racism after Oct. 7 attack to inform recommendations to government — The Globe and Mail
Amira Elghawaby is looking at how a report from York University’s Islamophobia Research Hub will shape her advice to Ottawa
There’s also a call for political and institutional leaders to speak out against such racism, provincewide reviews of how schools and school boards have handled reports of anti-Palestinian racism in schools, and creating a fund to support victims of hate-motivated crimes. Sounds like a good idea on the surface anyway.
Ms. Elghawaby was appointed as Canada’s first special representative on combatting Islamophobia in January, 2023.
She said the report demonstrates that civil liberties in Canada have been threatened since 2023 with limits on freedom of expression around Palestine and the protection of Palestinian, Muslim and Arab Canadians.
Framed as a new category of discrimination against Palestinians, their narratives, and their advocates, APR has been aggressively promoted since 2022, first in Canada and now across North America and Europe. Far from protecting human rights, APR is the latest weapon designed to delegitimize Israel and stigmatize its supporters.
Its proponents claim it targets discrimination that “silences, excludes, erases, stereotypes, defames, or dehumanizes Palestinians and their narratives.” In practice, however, APR functions as a tool of political censorship, punishing dissent and suppressing debate.
‘Anti-Palestinian Racism’: It’s the next tool of anti-Zionists - opinion — The Jerusalem Post
APR is framed as a new category of discrimination against Palestinians, their narratives, and their advocates.
