Dima Khalidi on Al Jazeera: The double standards of free speech on Palestine
/Palestine Legal director Dima Khalidi appeared on Marc Lamont Hill’s Al Jazeera show UpFront alongside Ilan Pappe, renowned author and professor of history at Exeter University, about the limits to free speech on the Israel-Gaza war.
A battle is playing out in the realm of public opinion on Israel’s war on Gaza.
While demonstrations have taken place across the globe in solidarity with Palestinians, there have been campaigns to silence critics of Israel’s actions.
Commentators, academics and even common citizens have reported increasing threats and retaliation for expressing their views or voicing solidarity with the Palestinian people, often in countries that proclaim to uphold values of freedom of expression and democracy.