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– Paul Salvatori is a Toronto-based journalist, community worker and artist. Much of his work on Palestine involves public education, such as through his recently created interview series, “Palestine in Perspective” (The Dark Room Podcast), where he speaks with writers, scholars and activists. He contributed this article to The Palestine Chronicle.

Israel Makes Dialogue Impossible to Achieve Palestinian Justice: On Roger Waters’ Interview with Meron Mendel

March 25, 2023

Recently, I came across an online post made by well-known musician and pro-Palestinian activist, Rogers Waters, on his Facebook account. What was interesting about it for me was that it had no caption.  The post […]

Mainstream Media is Still Anti-Palestinian: News Coverage Surrounding Electoral Victory of Sarah Jama

March 20, 2023

Last week, Sarah Jama won the seat for her Canadian provincial riding, as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Leading up to her victory, however, the mainstream news coverage of her was both […]

Remove Ignorance, Not Kufiyahs: Challenging Anti-Palestinian Racism in Halifax

March 11, 2023

Last week in Halifax several students were asked to remove their Kufiyahs, known to many as the checkered (black and white) Palestinian scarf, from their person at Park West School. To boot this was during […]

Canada Should Not Be Welcoming Nakba Deniers: Protesting Caroline Glick’s Talk in Toronto

March 3, 2023

In February, I organized a small demonstration to protest a talk that was being given by Israeli Nakba denier Caroline Glick, in Toronto. Unsurprisingly it was being hosted by the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF) […]

Taking the ‘Little Way’ to Organize for Palestine: Contesting an Anti-Palestinian Documentary in Toronto

February 16, 2023

Recently I organized a demonstration outside a Toronto theatre. It was to protest the screening of a dishonest documentary—First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler—taking place inside. The documentary is on former Minister […]

The Sin of Neutrality: Why Churches Must Unapologetically Take the Side of Palestine

January 31, 2023

Last Sunday I attended a live talk online featuring Palestinian human rights lawyer and activist, Jonathan Kuttab. The talk, entitled “What is required of our church to be in solidarity with Palestine?”, was hosted by […]

Universities, Don’t Silence Critics of Israel: On the Termination of Kenneth Roth by Harvard

January 17, 2023

If you’ve been closely following coverage of how Israeli ideologues censor pro-Palestinian voices you’ve likely heard by now of former Human Rights Watch executive director, Kenneth Roth.  In recent weeks he’s received considerable media attention […]

Thinking Less about Myself and More about Palestine: A New Year’s Eve Reflection

January 1, 2023

I’m a simple man. I don’t know all there is to know about history, activism, and international law. I stand on the shoulders of giants present and before me—the likes of Noam Chomsky, Leila Khaled, […]

‘An Israeli Organization Through and Through’: Facebook is an Unwelcoming Place for Pro-Palestinian Voices

December 29, 2022

This week was my birthday. However, I spent a good part of it thinking about what deserves no celebration, namely being restricted on a Facebook page for posting Palestinian content. The restriction has been in […]

Palestinian Voices are Still Presumed Guilty in Canada

December 26, 2022

The recent article by Yves Engler, published by The Palestine Chronicle, resonates with me. It reminds me that many in the Canadian establishment not only do not care about Palestinian justice. They will go out […]

Promoting Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Abroad: Regavim in Toronto

December 19, 2022

Recently I attended an unsettling talk in Toronto, entitled “Bedouistan: How did we get here – and how do we get out???” It was delivered by Naomi Linder Kahn, one of the directors of Regavim. […]

Do Not Apologize: Being Pro-Palestinian is Not a Crime

November 26, 2022

This week Joel Harden, a Canadian member of Ontario’s provincial parliament, made this unnecessary apology: “I would like to apologize unreservedly to the Jewish community for comments I made during an interview with the Ottawa […]

Dismantling Israeli Settler Colonialism: In Conversation with Francesca Albanese (PODCAST)

November 17, 2022

In this episode of ‘Palestine In Perspective’, host and Toronto-based writer for The Palestine Chronicle, Paul Salvatori, talks with Francesca Albanese—current United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories […]

The Unnecessary Challenges of Being Pro-Palestinian in a Society That is Not

November 12, 2022

It’s hard to be a pro-Palestinian voice. I want to avoid saying “a pro-Palestinian activist” as that is too honorific a title. So I’ll stick to a “pro-Palestinian voice”, which I’m humbly more comfortable with […]

The Myth of Liberal Zionism: In Conversation with Miko Peled (PODCAST)

November 2, 2022

In this episode of “Palestine In Perspective”, host and Toronto-based writer for The Palestine Chronicle, Paul Salvatori, talks with pro-Palestinian Israeli activist, journalist, and author Miko Peled. Peled shares why, despite it presenting itself as […]

Children are Entitled to the Truth: Teaching Young People about Palestine in Canadian Schools and Beyond

November 1, 2022

I was at a Toronto mall Saturday. I help coordinate a weekly talent show there. After one of the talented singers, a girl about 10 years old, performed the MC asked her to stay on […]

‘The Powers of This World are Overwhelming’: Remembering Shireen Abu Akleh

October 26, 2022

There’s a mass on October 26 in Rome, Italy. It’s to commemorate the half year since Shireen Abu Akleh was murdered by Israeli forces in Jenin. I’ve never had the privilege or honor of knowing […]

Canada Permits Abuse against Pro-Palestinian Voices

October 19, 2022

There’s a new report out. And it’s troubling. Very. Authored by Sheryl Nestel and Rowan Gaudet of Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) Canada, “Unveiling the Chilly Climate: The Suppression of Speech on Palestine in Canada” offers […]

Canadian Charities Must Not Be Allowed to Promote Anti-Palestinian Racism

October 10, 2022

I recently returned to the website of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), which I first wrote about here. On its homepage, I immediately saw more anti-Palestinian racism and disinformation. It was hard to miss, […]

The Devil is a Liar: Keeping Anti-Palestinian Racism away from Education

October 3, 2022

Last May I was at a counterdemonstration to the annual Walk With Israel event in Toronto. The demonstration, comprised of pro-Palestinian protestors, walked to a field where part of the event was happening. It was […]

Google Must Stop Harming Palestine: In Conversation with American Activist Ariel Koren (PODCAST)

September 27, 2022

I reached out to former Google worker Ariel Koren after reading about her courageous decision to blow the whistle on the company’s Project Nimbus. The initiative, involving other tech giants like Amazon, costs over one […]

‘We are Going to Be Professionals about It’: The Role of Education in the Palestinian Struggle for Justice

September 18, 2022

Recently I was sifting through an older video of Irwin Cotler, Canada’s Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism. I was specifically looking for an observation he makes on the nature of calling […]

Hate in Disguise: the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation is about Anti-Palestinian Racism

September 5, 2022

A Toronto-based group, the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), is co-organizing an event for this November. It’s called “RISE UP Ottawa!” According to its GoFundMe page, the event is about promoting education around human rights […]

A Message to Canadian Leaders: There’s No Room for Vanity in the Struggle for Palestinian Justice

August 30, 2022

Recently two Canadian Members of Parliament (MP), Ya’ara Saks and Anthony Housefather expressed their strong disapproval of Robin Wettlaufer, Representative of Canada to the Palestinian Authority. Having had a pleasant meeting with him, she described […]

‘A Man is a Man’: Why The West has to Suffer with Palestine

August 18, 2022

It’s been hard for me to sit down and write this article. For days now I avoided it because I feel that what I’ll say may simply come off as me being a crank.  I […]

The Canadian Government Must Recognize that Israel Demonizes Itself

July 29, 2022

The Canadian government recently published a report entitled, “The Rise of Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada.” It has several important and necessary recommendations. But this one is troubling: “The Government of Canada thoroughly reject […]

Palestinian Activists Rock: On Roger Waters and the Students’ Society of McGill University

July 20, 2022

At the recent webinar, “Standing up for student solidarity with Palestine” (hosted by the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute), featured guest and legendary rock artist, Roger Waters, spoke candidly about two troubling experiences he had in […]

Yara al-Ghouti: What Israel Does to Palestinian Children

July 11, 2022

It’s hard to write this story. It doesn’t feel real. But it is. It’s part of the everyday nightmare Gazans go through. In February 2021, Yara Yaser Saleh al-Ghouti, a nine-year-old girl, was shot on […]

Palestinian Prisoner Ahmad Manasra is a Victim of Israeli Vigilantism

June 30, 2022

In a recent article I described Israel’s judicial system as a “kangaroo court.” I changed my mind. The system is more akin to vigilantism. It’s made up of judges and other decision-makers that do not […]

Convicted with No Evidence: Mohammed Al-Halabi Denied Justice in Israel’s Kangaroo Courts

June 17, 2022

Israel has yet again convicted an innocent person. Mohammed al-Halabi, a former humanitarian worker for World Vision, was found by an Israeli court to be “guilty of financing terrorism.” The UN has already condemned the […]

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