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'Speak Hebrew – love Israel?' will share some of my students stories and motivations for learning modern Hebrew, and their feelings towards the Israeli state. We will question - * Can we learn Hebrew in a non-political setting, as just a language?? * What part does love towards Israel/the Jewish people play in my student’s will to learn Hebrew? * And if so - have they also been brainwashed about Israel? just as I was when I was young? * Why would anyone want to learn IVRIT, my language, a beautiful language, and yet, as some see it - the language of the oppressor?
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Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
Tuesday Oct 12, 2021
After the US has offered Indonesia an increase of aid by up to $2 billion if it normalised ties with Israel, the question of normalisation with Israel remains. But what do Indonesians think about it, and how are Indonesians divided about this issue?
Join a conversation with Gilang Lukman, the first Indonesian to study MA in Middle East in Oxford University and a Peace Advocacy Fellow of the Balfour Project, and get an idea why in Indonesia, despite living far away from the middle east, Israel-Palestine is such a concerning issue among global conflicts, and how it divides communities there.
Listen to Gilang speaking about:
- Why are some pro Palestinian activists in Indonesia fascinated about the Hebrew language?
- Why did the Palestinian embassy in Indonesia protest against the use of their national symbols?
- How was the pro-Israeli camp emerged in Indonesia?
- Is learning Hebrew providing an Indonesian Muslim the credentials to speak to the non-muslim population?
- Why have some Christian Indonesians changed their name to Hebrew names, and have started greeting saying ‘Shalom’? and what does it say about them?
- Why, for some Muslims, it would be theologically problematic to say “marry Christmas” but not “Chag Sameach”?
- How does their own history of colonisation affect how Indonesians see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
- What does “Jewish territorialism” mean (hint: Let the Jews have a state outside of Palestine…), and why is Gilang sympathetic to this idea?
- What would Gilang respond to Israelis who feel that “there are so many Muslim states – why is it wrong to have 1 Jewish state?”?
- Who are the 3 segments of Indonesian society who would support normalisation with Israel?
- Will there be any benefit in normalising relations with Israel for future Palestinian independence?
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