Many tears were shed on that day, mostly because we all knew too well that we, in fact, were the "Red Indians." They were us.
Long before feminist critical theory coined the term "intersectionality" -- which contends that oppression is interconnected and one oppressive institution cannot be examined in isolation from others, Palestinians -- as other victims of genocidal colonization -- fully comprehended and held such a belief.
Palestinians are losing their lives, land and olive trees as they stand up to Israeli tanks and bulldozers. Their reality is a replay of similar experiences faced -- and still being confronted -- by Native Americans. Well into the 21st century, the Native American-Palestinian struggle remains one and the same.
"Our pastures are sacred, our spirits inspired,
The stars are luminous words where our fable
is legible from beginning to end.."
Wrote Mahmoud Darwish, of the Native Americans. Of the Palestinians.
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