At a women’s conference in #Virginia, chaos erupted when Senator Mark Warner was challenged by a woman advocating for Palestinian rights. Instead of support, she faced booing and silencing from other attendees. The message: The time for this conversation is now, and we won't be quiet until Palestine is free. #markwarner #women #womensrights #feminism #freepalestine
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‘Tis the season to call out hypocrisy. This happened at a women’s conference. When Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the featured speaker, was called out, chaos erupted. A woman speaking up for Palestinian women booed and silenced, by other women, at a women's conference. The audience had zero self-awareness.
"Not today." "Sit down." "Be quiet." “Leave.”
Not today? Then when? More than two years have passed. For some, there’s always an excuse: never the right time, never the right place. And one day they'll say, “We didn’t know.” But you did know. You knew about the suffering of Palestinian women and children and men. You knew our tax dollars contributed to upholding Israel's apartheid and occupation and genocide. You knew how the Israeli military used rape as a weapon of war. You just chose not to care.
Well, guess what. We won’t be quiet. And we certainly won’t sit down. And we’re not leaving. Because until Palestine is free, Palestine is all you'll see.
📍Virginia, USA
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