Zionism & Palestine’s Struggle Against Genocide & Relocation

Professor and Activist Mazin Qumsiyeh joins the program from Palestine to give insight into the struggles of the Palestian people. He also shares his views of Zionism and how their agenda is affecting Palestine, Israel, and the rest of the world. 

“Antisemitism is not the same thing as anti Zionism. Those are two distinct ideas. One is racism against Jewish people (and is horrible and unacceptable) the other is a political movement. Many Jews are against Zionism many are for it. The problem we have is confusing the two. We have gotten to a point where criticizing Zionism is antisemitic, and that is a fundamentally flawed assumption and unwise. If we are unable to debate a political movement then resentment and anger will rise and ultimately other negative consequences will as well, like racism. That is why it is so important to separate the two and be allowed to debate the political movement of Zionism while embracing the people of Israel and people of all religions.”  – Sarah Westall, responding comment on YouTube forum

Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh Biography

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh teaches and does research at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities. He is director of the main clinical cytogenetics laboratory and director of the Palestine Museum of Natural History and Institute for Biodiversity Research. He previously served on the faculties of the University of Tennessee, Duke, and Yale Universities. He published over 130 scientific papers on topics ranging from biodiversity to cancer. He was chairman of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People and currently serves on the board of Al-Rowwad Children’s Theater Center in Aida Refugee Camp. He published hundreds of refereed articles and several books including “Mammals of the Holy Land”, “Sharing the Land of Canaan: human rights and the Israeli/Palestinian Struggle” (English, Spanish, and German) and “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of Hope and Empowerment” (Arabic, English, French, forthcoming in Italian). He also has an activism book published electronically on his web site (http://qumsiyeh.org).  His main interest is media activism and public education.  He  gave hundreds of talks around the world and published over 250 letters to the editor and 100 op-ed pieces and interviewed on TV and radio extensively (local, national and international). 

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