Why is it important not to just fight against the status quo but to be vocal about a vision for what the future should look like? How does the current escalation in Iran relate to the overall problem of the violence of the state of Israel?
In this series on healthcare and social disparities, Dr. Jill Wener, a board-certified Internal Medicine specialist, anti-racism educator, meditation expert, and tapping practitioner, interviews experts and gives her own insights into multiple fields relating to social justice and anti-racism.
In this episode, Jill spoke with two of the coordinators of the One Democratic State Initiative about what the initiative is and how Palestinians and Israeli Jews would be impacted by this vision becoming a reality. They also discussed how it's important to hold space for this initiative as both a utopian vision and a practical solution that can actually be implemented.
The One Democratic State Initiative is a Palestinian political endeavor that aims at making the central issue "A Jewish state or a democratic state?" (rather than simply solidarity with Palestinians or criticism of Israel without a definite political objective) the core of the Palestinian liberation discourse, a key milestone in the struggle for the decolonization of Palestine.
The purpose of the Initiative is thus to mobilize individuals, entities and political parties, in Palestine and abroad, behind such an endeavor. To do so, we are reaching out both online and on the ground to individuals and groups who support the One Democratic State solution, who see Zionism for the danger it is but do not support the One Democratic State solution, or who are simply willing to listen.
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