A Palestinian children’s author and former professor is facing criticism for the contents of her recent book, “P is for Palestine.”
Several pages of the alphabet book have raised red flags with critics, including assertions about Christmas and an allegedly sanitized definition of the anti-Israel uprisings known as intifada.
Golbarg Bashi, however, remains defiant, explaining to Fox News that her book is not anti-Semitic.
She described the book as a “fun diverse children’s rhyme book” that offers a “social justice story” regarding Palestine’s history.
On a page declaring “I is for intifada,” Bashi called the movement a “peaceful resistance.”
Intifada refers to two separate and often violent Palestinian uprisings over the past four decades. As the Washington Post reported, the first intifada led to the formation of Hamas, a Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist political group described by many critics as a terrorist organization. – READ MORE
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