“Most of all, I’m tired of the false equivalence between semantic violence and systemic violence.” A grim, heartbreaking, and cogent essay by Mohammed El-Kurd that may be helpful in navigating this world of extremely poisoned discourse

Jewish settlers stole my house. It’s not my fault they’re Jewish.

Palestinians are told the words we use dwarf the decades of violence enacted against us by the self-proclaimed Jewish State. A drone is one thing, but a trope—a trope is unacceptable. No more.