On Israel “Mowing the Lawn” in Canada: An Interview with Khaled Barakat

Khaled Barakat and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network international coordinator Charlotte Kates attending the conference of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle
Toronto, Canada 2013 (courtesy: Khaled Barakat)

Palestinian writer and researcher Khaled Barakat, whose activism and writing aims to expand the pro-Palestinian movement at a mass level by educating young Palestinians outside Palestine, is being subjected to a smear campaign in Canada that attempts to involve the Canadian government and its legal system. As Barakat says below, “The silencing of Palestinians and…