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Why This Aboriginal Icon Says Israel Is the Real Indigenous Struggle | Nova Peris
Aboriginal trailblazer. Olympic champion. Former Senator. Truth-teller.In this compelling conversation, Ariel Whitman speaks with Nova Peris — the first Indigenous Australian to win Olympic gold and the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's federal parliament.Drawing from her lived experience as a member of a colonized people, Peris offers a powerful and deeply personal rejection of the claim that Israel is a “settler-colonial” state. Instead, she argues that Israel is a true anti-colonial movement — a return of an indigenous people to their ancestral homeland.This episode challenges…
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