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So @AOC is doing a memorial event for Yitzhak Rabin. In the US Rabin is viewed as a liberal peacemaker but Palestinians remember him for his brutal rule suppressing Palestinian protest during the First Intifada, as someone who reportedly ordered the breaking of Palestinian bones
As for his peacemaking—Oslo was an achievement for the Palestinian and Israeli authorities who negotiated it, but in practice gave Israel cover to build more settlements
Info on AOC’s participation is here https://twitter.com/peacenowus/status/1309180744745529344">https://twitter.com/peacenowu...
What @YousefMunayyer wrote: “In 1948, the Israeli brigade commander Yitzhak Rabin helped expel Lydda’s Palestinian population. Some 19,000 of the town’s 20,000 native Palestinian inhabitants were forced out. My grandparents were among the 1,000 to remain.” https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/opinion/not-all-israeli-citizens-are-equal.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/2...
Here’s what AOC says now: https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1309510065163038720">https://twitter.com/aoc/statu...
Here’s some more reactions from Palestinian-Americans. https://twitter.com/nooranhamdan/status/1309304034290008064">https://twitter.com/nooranham...
Noura sums up Oslo succinctly https://twitter.com/4noura/status/1309513771702984704">https://twitter.com/4noura/st...
More from the great @MariamBarghouti https://twitter.com/mariambarghouti/status/1309491156351410177">https://twitter.com/mariambar...
