African People Have A Profound Understanding

Analysis / Interpretation / Press

EXCERPT

The image was posted to Instagram this week by Harvard Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine, a recently formed collective, to illustrate the links between pro-Palestinian activism and Civil Rights-era groups. It includes a 1960s-era cartoon of a hand emblazoned with a Star of David and a dollar sign holding Muhammad Ali and Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser in a noose.

“The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee likened Zionism to an imperial project,” read the image caption, referring to the influential 1960s Civil Rights activist group. The cartoon appeared to be a cropped version of a SNCC cartoon that upset Jewish groups at the time.

Source:

https://jewishjournal.org/2024/02/21/harvard-pro-palestinian-faculty-group-apologizes-for-sharing-post-with-antisemitic-image/