How solidarity with Palestinians emerged in West Germany

Over the past three years, solidarity movements with Palestinians in Europe have been at the center of numerous controversial debates. But when and how did these movements first emerge? 

By focusing on West Germany, this talk will trace the origins of Palestinian solidarity to the late 1960s, showing how migration and the rise of a global New Left shaped its formation. 

The talk will highlight how many of the movement’s symbols - like the Kufiya - and the controversies around these movements still resonate today. I will demonstrate that a look at the long history of solidarity with Palestinians provides us with a better understanding of contentious politics concerning Israel and Palestine today.

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