Letters Feb. 9: Selina Robinson; graffiti is the wrong approach; Land Act changes; James Bay village idiot – Times Colonist

Feb. 9, 2024

She got facts wrong, so she lost her job

Selina Robinson said that Palestine in 1948 was “a crappy piece of land with nothing on it.”

That was not a matter of free speech or opinion. She simply got the facts wrong.

Palestine’s population in 1948 was 1.97 million (60 per cent Arabic, 33 per cent Jewish, seven per cent Christian) — more than twice as many people as Vancouver Island has today.

Palestine had an oil refinery, an electric company, railways and its own airline.

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