“History books will be written on this and countries will have to reckon—media agencies will have to reckon—with their major role in the genocide,” said Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan.

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    History books are written by those who won.

    at best, you’ll get a mention- like how American schools briefly acknowledged the Trail of Tears without really expounding on just how fucked up it was. “oh yeah. that happened. don’t worry about it.” or like the Japanese internment during ww2.

    yeah. it might get mentioned, but at best, it’ll gloss it over. Or it’ll focus on Oct 7th and the Hamas attack.

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      History books are written by those who won.

      Which is all the more reason for the West, especially the US, to stop the unconditional support that’s guaranteeing that the fascist apartheid regime committing genocide will win or even continue to exist in its current form.

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      History is no longer concentrated just in history books. Documentation has proliferated and stiffling it will be a real challenge for the zionists and their creatures.