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Background

In August 2022, Zionists incited a trial by media of Laith Marouf’s social media posts succeeding in the deletion of his private Twitter account and sparking the reactionary, Zionist, and Settler-Colonial government of so-called Canada to take action against him by defaming and defaulting on his employer, who had received a competitive grant from the Department of Heritage. This case of Zionist attacks in the media against Palestinian activists like Laith Marouf produced the need for the following statement & panel, and has resulted in some critical media coverage compiled below. There are also additional resources provided on anti-Palestinian racism in the media.

STATEMENT & PANEL

Archive of “The right to offend Colonizers and Collaborators: Laith Marouf statement and panel discussion” (URL to press release on Newswire.ca) released on September 19, 2022.

MEDIA COVERAGE

The Canada Files (2023, March 8). TCF Speaker Series Ep 3: Laith Marouf | Zionist smears, state surveillance, unconditional resistance. https://youtu.be/luPDxC2LaCQ

Marouf, Laith (2023, March 7). The battle to liberate language from Zionism; on Semitism and Jewish White Supremacy. Al Mayadeen English. URL: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/the-battle-to-liberate-language-from-zionism-on-semitism-and

Miller, David (2023, February 17). Canadian Government Partners With Israel Lobby to Delete Pro-Palestinian Accounts. Mint Press. URL: https://www.mintpressnews.com/canadia-partners-israel-lobby-delete-pro-palestinian-accounts/

Marouf, Laith (2022, December 14). Zionism is Canada’s Sacred Cow.  Black Agenda Report. URL: https://www.blackagendareport.com/zionism-canadas-sacred-cow

Al Mayadeen (2022, November 21). “Bi ijazz” (In Brief) with Laith Marouf about his ordeal in Apartheid Canada (in Arabic). URL: https://youtu.be/8KfqEH6JU6M

1+1 hosted by Youri Smouter (2022, October 23). Ep 177: Laith Marouf on Palestine & cancel culture of anti-colonialism. Part 1: https://youtu.be/9GyDc_F4Uko & Part 2: https://youtu.be/ytnhqk6IWCo

Marouf, Laith (2022, October 9). Why the US congress and Canadian Parliament ordered Twitter to erase Laith Marouf from Virtual existence. Al Mayadeen English. URL: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/why-the-us-congress-and-canadian-parliament-ordered-twitter

Kimberley, Margaret (2022, September 23). Laith Marouf and the Struggle to Defend Palestine. Black Agenda Radio. URL: https://www.blackagendareport.com/laith-marouf-and-struggle-defend-palestine

Mastracci, Davide (2022, September 6). Laith Marouf, The Israel Lobby And Anti-Racism Funding. Passage. URL: https://readpassage.com/laith-marouf-the-israel-lobby-and-anti-racism-funding/

Deer, William Ging Wee (2022, August 28). Ottawa cancels funding for anti-racist conferences under pressure from Zionist lobby. Canada Files. URL: https://www.thecanadafiles.com/articles/ottawa-cancels-funding-for-anti-racist-conferences-under-pressure-from-zionist-lobby

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Arab-Canadian Lawyers Association (2022). Anti-Palestinian Racism: Naming, Framing and Manifestations. Retrieved from: https://www.canarablaw.org/s/Anti-Palestinian-Racism-Naming-Framing-and-Manifestations.pdf

Barrows-Friedman, Nora (2021, December 1). Major Canadian academic group rejects Israel lobby’s anti-Semitism definition. The Electronic Intifada.  URL: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/major-canadian-academic-group-rejects-israel-lobbys-anti-semitism

Barrows-Friedman, Nora (2020, November 26).  Justin Trudeau taps top Israel lobbyist to police speech in Canada. The Electronic Intifada.  URL: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/justin-trudeau-taps-top-israel-lobbyist-police-speech-canada

Cohen, Stanley L. (2022, September 16). Twitter: Platform of Exchange … Vehicle of Duplicity. Counter Punch. URL: https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/09/16/twitter-platform-of-exchange-vehicle-of-duplicity/

Farawi, Rahaf (2022, June 15). CBC’s Palestine Exception. Review of Journalism. Retrieved from: https://reviewofjournalism.ca/cbcs-palestine-exception/

King, Gretchen, & Jegić, Denijal (2024). Copyediting Palestine: Media bias in journalism style guides. [Editar Palestina: Sesgo Mediático en los Manuales de Estilo Periodístico]. Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 82, 01-20. https://www.doi.org/10.4185/RLCS-2024-2052

Marouf, Laith (2021, August 27 ). Twitter Suspended My Account to Appease the Zionist Lobby; Help Me Get It Back! Al Mayadeen. URL: https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/blog/twitter-suspended-my-account-to-appease-the-zionist-lobby-he

Massad, Joseph. (2022, November 9). The burden Western liberals impose only on Palestinians. The Electronic Intifada.  URL: https://electronicintifada.net/content/burden-western-liberals-impose-only-palestinians/36651

Podur, Justin (2021, May 23). Anti-Palestinian Racism: A Resource. The Anti-Empire Project. Retrieved from: https://podur.org/2021/05/23/anti-palestinian-racism-a-resource/

Zine, Jasmin; Bird, Greg; & Matthews, Sara (2020, December). Criticizing Israel is not antisemitic — it’s academic freedom. CAUT. URL: https://www.caut.ca/bulletin/2020/12/commentary-criticizing-israel-not-antisemitic-its-academic-freedom