October 7, One Year Later: CPN-PREV’s Director Ghayda Hassan's Insight on Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Date: 2024-10-07
In addition to the La Presse article shared last week, our director Ghayda Hassan recently gave two media interviews marking the first anniversary of the escalation of violence between Palestine and Israel.
In one interview with TVA Nouvelles, she addressed the rising tensions on Montreal university campuses, including McGill University's decision to hold all classes online on the anniversary due to the polarization of students around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. : “[In French only] Il y a un risque là-dedans de donner l'impression que les étudiants sont si dangereux qu'une université ne peut pas finalement offrir un espace pour permettre l'expression de la souffrance, de la peine, de la colère justifiée de ces étudiants-là et de mettre en place finalement des processus qui pourraient permettre à la vie académique de continuer de manière harmonieuse et normale.”
Watch interview [segment starting at 34:50]
In another interview given for an Actual News Magazine article, she focused on the normalization of violence making us less sensitive to the drama playing out in the Middle East : “It becomes a news item like any other. The normalization of violence certainly diminishes our sensitivity and our revolt in the face of this violence.”
Read the article