Her work on Israeli human rights abuses in Palestinian territories is widely seen as legitimate in Israel, adhering to international consensus. It means they shut out Palestinian rights advocates, allowing supporters of Israel to dominate the conversation. It’s a human rights issue, often split along ideological lines of left and right wings, pitting colonial aspirations against anti-colonial resistance. Corey Balsam, national co-ordinator of Independent Jewish Voices Canada, said those illustrative examples of contemporary anti-Semitism are problematic. Independent Jewish Voices supported Bhabha and released a transcript to argue his comments were twisted out of context.

Source: thestar October 25, 2020 11:06 UTC