Black-Palestinian solidarity has a long history, and its intensity and importance have grown over the past decade. While the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has been particularly successful in drawing the world’s attention to the structural racism faced by Black people in the United States and beyond, Palestinians continue to struggle not only against the Israeli occupation but also against widespread ignorance and defamation – even among people who are otherwise engaged in anti-racism and decolonisation work. By focusing on mutual expressions of solidarity, I examine analyses provided by BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) activists, artists and scholars in texts from different genres. Many of these were produced following a visit to Palestine on a solidarity delegation. These expressions of Black–Palestinian solidarity have rarely been acknowledged in scholarly contexts, even when other texts by the very same people have been discussed. It is argued that the overwhelming silence on Palestine is an expression of incomplete decolonisation in academic and activist circles. Solidarity practices are slowly broadening the conversations, however, and thus there is hope that anti-Palestinian racism will eventually be recognised and widely acknowledged by all who position themselves as antiracists.

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