There are words that can be thrown around misleadingly, diluting, obscuring, or completely misrepresenting what they mean.
The same words can be used reluctantly – intentionally – when they fit certain situations perfectly. And we’ve seen a lot of that in the past year.
As the Israeli war machine has been turned on Lebanon with more force, it was high time I did an episode on terrorism, also talking about war crimes and other concepts that I hope will be useful additions to your toolbox of concepts to use to describe what, among other countries, Israel has been doing for decades.
Regarding what I cite in my episode, please read more about the Dahiya Doctrine here and find Oxfam’s report here. If you scroll down all the way, you’ll see I’ve turned what’s in this report into a visual to share.
Talking about using language in deceiving ways, here’s an excellent reminder (if you’re a Lithuanian speaker, I have a video exactly on that for you here):
As always: stay strong, check on others, and keep your heart open.
❤️💔❤️
Justina
Find all my work on Palestine here.
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