Palestine was never a ‘land without a people'
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 17/11/2023

Modern settlers to Palestine viewed the desert as something they needed to “make bloom.” But it already was, thanks to the long history of Palestinian agricultural systems.

In this new episode of #DontCallMeResilient host Vinita Srivastava discusses the long history of Palestinian connection to the land through agricultural systems with University of Victoria colonial history professor Elizabeth Vibert, and Salam Guenette a cultural translator.

According to one of this week’s guests, Elizabeth Vibert, “The relationship with agriculture and the land is the original colonizing relationship. The colonizers came in, and viewed Indigenous peoples worldwide as not moving and living appropriately and productively enough on the land.” 

Both guests have been working on a film about the importance of preserving Palestinian agriculture and food in exile.

Listen at https://theconversation.com/palestine-was-never-a-land-without-a-people-217765