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May 2021
20m 42s

The rise of Black-Palestinian solidarity

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Outreach between Black Lives Matter activists and Palestinians has become more widespread. But the foundation of solidarity between them dates long before Black Lives Matter became a movement. Today, we examine how the Black-Palestinian solidarity came to be and what parallels each side draws from the other.

In this episode: 

Khury Peterson-Smith (@kpYES), co-founder of Black for Palestine and the Michael Ratner Middle East fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies

Sandra Tamari (@SandraTamari1), Executive Director for the Adalah Justice Project

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