Zionists encircle anti-Zionist protesters standing with keffiyehs and a sign reading"Waterfront properties built upon bulldozed bodies" outside of Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore, Maryland.Zionists encircle anti-Zionist protesters standing with keffiyehs and a sign reading"Waterfront properties built upon bulldozed bodies" outside of Shomrei Emunah in Baltimore, Maryland.aimed at attracting buyers in the U.S.
Kaplan was not allowed into the event, which was scheduled to take place at Shomrei Emunah, “a full-service shul and Jewish center” in Baltimore whose list of speakers and scholars in residence, who tried to register for the Teaneck, New Jersey, event on March 31, received a series of phone calls. On the first call, Stoll admits to being caught off guard by a slew of questions including the name of her temple and rabbi, his direct number as well as what the reading was at the temple that week.
Indeed, it’s impossible to say whether legal action, direct action or a combination of the two has pushed the cancellation or relocation of land sale events. Either way, it’s clear that hosts and organizers are uncomfortable with the attention, as they should be.
Though an escalation in violence is clear, we must be careful to see October 7 and its aftermath as a continuation of this colonial violence, rather than a beginning. Likewise, the current critical attention being given to land sale events is a credit to the growth of the Palestinian movement, not an indication of Israel having adopted a new colonialist tactic.