oatmeal<p>[followup] Quoting Haneen Majadlh:</p><p>Haneen Majadlh wasn't surprised by Amnesty International Israel's suspension. Having heard from Palestinian members who resigned due to these issues and experiencing the tension firsthand during her own attempt to join the board to advocate for Palestinian voices, she witnessed these deep divisions first hand. </p><p>Majadlh believes the Israeli branch sought to defend the state of Israel, not just its government, because its members were defending their own families and loved ones. However, she argues this desire to protect Israel led to a denial and minimization of its wrongdoings, a phenomenon she calls "patriotic blindness," ultimately resulting in a betrayal of the organization's values and a disregard for Palestinian lives. </p><p>[…] It is clear that the Israeli branch sought to defend the State of Israel, and not necessarily the Israeli regime, because when its members defend Israel, they are defending themselves, their brothers, their soldiers, their own flesh and blood. But here is the reason for the crisis: the defense of the State of Israel led to the denial of its crimes and the minimization of their severity. It was a grotesque spectacle. It's called patriotic blindness. I don't believe that all members of Amnesty Israel are necessarily racist, but their national loyalty led to the distortion of the Israeli organization's values, the abandonment of the pursuit of truth and justice, and the disregard for the lives of tens of thousands of Palestinian victims.</p><p>Hebrew <a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-01-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000194-46c6-db19-abdd-6ec7e31c0000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/opinions/2025-01</span><span class="invisible">-09/ty-article-opinion/.premium/00000194-46c6-db19-abdd-6ec7e31c0000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.is/ytlRy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.is/ytlRy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Haneen Majadlh was born in 1983 in Baqa al-Gharbiyye. She holds a doctorate in social work, is an educator and a social activist. She is a graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership and a lecturer at Al-Qasemi College of Education.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelOccupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelOccupation</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyInternational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyInternational</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PalestinianRights</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GazaGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GazaGenocide</span></a></p>