London Muslim has written previously about the changing nature of American public opinion towards Israel and Palestine. Both here and here I extensively highlight what I consider a changing paradigm in the US with regard to the Israel Lobby.
However in my opinion the most dramatic example of a US change in attitude and tone towards Palestine must be the extraordinary appearance of Mustafa Barghouti and Anna Baltzer on the the most popular entertainment show in the the US, the Daily Show.
The fact that apparently Jon Stewart was not on good form he seemed nervous (presumably because of the threats he was receiving all day to cancel the show by the Lobby) overly playing the devils advocate card and Iran etc in my opinion is immaterial. The appearance of a leading Palestinian and Anna (a Jew whose grandfather died in the Holocaust) highlighting the case for Palestinian justice and an end to the brutal occupation emphasises the extent to which the Palestinian cause is now an acceptable issue for debate on American dining tables.
I don't want to sound melodramatic but last night was a historic moment in the struggle for Palestinian human rights when a leading Palestinian and anti Zionist Jew joined together on the highest rating US show to demand equal rights and sanctions on Israel while being applauded largely by a Jewish audience. Remarkable and as I say historic.
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