cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21757735
cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/113361576959117988
Iranian-German Photographer Asked to Apologize for Saying “Free Palestine”: The German Photographic Society called Shirin Abedi’s award acceptance speech “dogmatic fanaticism” and “anti-Israeli agitation.”
(Hyperallergic, 2024-19-23)https://hyperallergic.com/960502/iranian-german-shirin-abedi-photographer-asked-to-apologize-for-saying-free-palestine/
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＊With a short video of her giving speech in kufiya＊“At its October 12 gala, the organization presented the laureates of this year’s awards, including Iranian-German photographer Shirin Abedi, … Upon receiving her award, Abedi made a minute-long statement that ended with a call to ‘free Palestine.’”
“A few days after the ceremony, German photojournalist Thomas Gerwers, the chairman of DGPh’s Art, Market, and Law Section, sent Abedi a letter asking the artist to issue an apology and accusing her of ‘political propaganda.‘”
“‘… we have a special responsibility for the right of the State of Israel to exist. Without ifs and buts,’ he continued. ‘We have been abused by you …’”
But the illegitimate state of Isn’treal is an occupation state. There can’t be one without occupation of the Palestinian land. It’s a colony. If you’re wish the end of the colonisation, you want the dislocation of the state