Fabrication, twisted facts, and misinformation are some of the greatest weapons against progress and justice. At a time when false news and myths can travel faster than true stories, the most powerful way to support a cause is to have awareness and perception in identifying the victim and the problem. #1 Myth: This is a war between Israel and Hamas One of the biggest misconceptions used to frame the Palestinian-Israeli issue is that it is a war between Hamas and Israel only. To state this does not only remove Palestinian agency and other Palestinian organizations and liberation movements from the picture, but uses a passive voice to describe Palestinian victims and ignores important historical contexts. Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti explains in this video how the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood fits into a pattern of ongoing colonialism. Here’s how efforts to remove Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem fits into the pattern of ongoing colonialism. pic.twitter.com/0OJYJmahLy — AJ+ (@ajplus) May 11, 2021 “What’s happening in Sheikh Jarrah is an accumulation of a years-long campaign by Israeli settlers…
