41 - The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Anti-Colonialism & A Hope For A Better Future with Dvorah Silverman

Happy New Year! May 2024 bring you happiness, joy and success! In today’s episode, our guest Dvorah Silverman talks us through their perspectives on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

-----

Guest speaker’s profile:

Dvorah Silverman, M.A. (any/all)

Equity • Research • Education

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dvorah-silverman-ma-130a7876/

Email: dvorahsilvermanconsulting@gmail.com

Website: https://dvorahsilverman.wixsite.com/my-site

“Not in our name” in Yiddish = nit in aundzer nomen

Independent Jewish Voices Vancouver Youth Bloc: @ijvyouthbloc

-----

Links shared by Dvorah related to topics discussed in the episode:

Christian Zionism 101: https://jewitches.com/en-ca/blogs/blog/christian-zionism-101

The Story of the Watermelon: https://beursschouwburg.be/en/events/khaled-hourani-the-story-of-the-watermelon/

Green Washing: Green Blue Deal Article (Jacobin): Israel's Settler Colonialism - Greenwashing, Eco-Normalization

Visualizing Palestine - Gaza Water: Gaza Water: Confined and Contaminated

Greenwashing in Palestine: Decolonize Palestine - Greenwashing

Pinkwashing: Sa’ed Atshan’s : Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique

Queering the Map: Queering the Map Instagram

Rainbow-washing in Palestine: Decolonize Palestine - Rainbow-washing

Arab Jews: Hadar Cohen's website: Hadar Cohen and Hadar’s Web Podcast

PARCEO’s Curriculum on Antisemitism from a Framework of Collective Liberation: Antisemitism Curriculum Website

Instagram accounts to share:

Little Death Podcast: @littledeathpod

Dvorah’s public Instagram: @dvorahsilverman

Queer Mikveh Project: @queermikvehproject

Gliklekh in Goles: Anti-Zionist artist collective in Vancouver: @glikingoles

-----

Today’s vocabulary:

fundamentals = principles = 基礎、原理

guidance = mentorship = 指導

interconnection = 相互関係（作用）

perpetuate = ～を永続させる

disembodied = 実体のない

crux = 核心、ポイント

solidarity = 団結、結束

mentor = 指導者、指導教官

transformative = 変化させる力のある

disconnected = 接続の切れた

sense of self = 自意識

perspective = 視点、見解

ceasefire = 停戦

throughline = theme = 一貫したテーマ

Zionism = シオニズム

anti-Zionism = 反シオニズム

anti-Semitism = 反ユダヤ主義

counter to ~ = ～に対抗する

settler = 植民者

victimhood = 被害者意識

exploitation = 搾取

atrocities = 残虐行為

genocide = 大量虐殺

Christian Zionism = キリスト教シオニズム

Benjamin Netanyahu (1949 ~) is an Israeli politician who has been serving as the prime minister of Israel since 2022, having previously held the office from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021.

ベンヤミン・ネタニヤフ（1949年～）はイスラエルの政治家、2022年より同国首相、以前は1996~1999年と2009年～2021年に首相を務めた。

profound =（学識、考えなどが）深い

confiscate = 没収する

resistance = 抵抗

criminalization = 犯罪化

boast = 自慢する

dehydration = 脱水症状

ongoing = 現在進行中の

water crisis = 水危機

decapitate = （人）の首をはねる（切る）

hostage = 人質

skeptical = 疑い深い、疑う

instigate = ～を開始する、～を扇動する

worsen = 悪化させる（する）

condone = forgive = 許す

treatment = 取り扱い、待遇

lineage = 血統、家系

normalization = 正常化