In a Culture of Silence, a Berlin Initiative Speaks Up for Palestine

In a Culture of Silence, a Berlin Initiative Speaks Up for Palestine

BERLIN — “As we gather here, Gaza is enduring what human rights organizations and [United Nations] experts have called an ongoing genocide. Over 50,000 people have been killed — children, whole families, generations. And yet, in Germany, the space for public solidarity is narrowing,” said Antonia Alampi, artistic director of the Spore Initiative, at the opening of Unsettled Earth in late April. “Words like ‘Palestine,’ ‘resistance,’ and ‘return’…