There are many misunderstandings about the decades-long fight for Palestinian rights, mostly due to misinformation, ignorance, or just bad faith, and this has obviously been exacerbated since the Hamas attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. The most important thing to clear up before even broaching the subject is to define our terms. Pro-Palestine does not mean pro-Hamas. Anti-Israel does not mean antisemite; one can criticize the actions of a state without targeting an ethnicity or religion. For instance, one could critique former President Joe Biden without attacking Americans. Zionist does not mean Jewish; there are perhaps more Christian Zionists in the world than there are actual Jews. Having gotten that out of the way, let’s take a look at the new documentary, The Encampments.
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