Views on Gaza: A Blog Series
Scholars reflect on the recent intensification of Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
After three weeks of bloodshed and failed cease-fires, the violence in Gaza shows few signs of letting up. This week, the Stanford Press blog presents a 10-part series, featuring essays from noteworthy scholars on the ongoing crisis in Gaza, as well as reflections on the Arab-Israeli conflict writ large. See the full list of posts in the Gaza series below.
With Israeli forces besieging Gaza again, Western ambivalence is inexcusable.
by LORI ALLEN
The restriction of Palestinian movement in Gaza and elsewhere has long been a central tactic of the Israeli occupation.
by ILANA FELDMAN
SEAM ZONES, SECURITY ZONES, DEATH ZONES, AND WALLS
How Israel controls and contains the Palestinians within its borders.
by LALEH KHALILI
Largely invisible to Israelis, the pre-1967 borders profoundly shape the lives and hopes of Palestinians.
by TAMIR SOREK
RACISM IS THE FOUNDATION OF ISRAEL'S OPERATION
PROTECTIVE EDGE
How pervasive anti-Arabism has paved the way for Israel's latest assault on Gaza.
by JOEL BEININ
The radical Jewish left in Israel and Gaza is lending its voice to the outcry on behalf of Gazans.
by ORIT BASHKIN
WATCHING THE OCCUPATION AT A CLOSE DISTANCE
Surveillance cameras capture the violence as it unfolds in Gaza and the West Bank.
by AMAHL BISHARA
Construction and destruction in Shatila and Gaza.
by DIANA ALLAN
What's happening in Gaza today is far from an isolated event; it's one instance of the Palestinian condition.
by SHERENE SEIKALY
LOOKING GLASS AGAINST THE WALL, WHO IS THE FREEST OF US ALL?
Why Gaza is rivaled and reviled by Israel.
by KHALED FURANI
So nice to see the scholarly balance here. When even Amos Oz supports a military operation, you might almost think there is a reasonable counterpoint that a fair minding academic press might want to present.
Silly me.
Thank you for publishing this series in a climate that so rejects truth telling in relation to Palestine. As a Stanford alum this gives me hope in the university.
Not a single post not hostile to Israel, or hostile to a genocidal, theocratic, anti-Semitic terrorist group, Hamas. Gotta love Stanford U. Press’s idea of scholarly debate. Stalin would approve.
“When even Amos Oz supports a military operation,”
Like so many Israeli “leftists” of his generation, Amoz Oz shows himself to be an enlightened paternalist in this interview with Die Welle.
He is willing to end the blockade of Gaza provided that the Gaza Strip is demilitarized. Because, you see, Palestinians are like children: they should be taken care of, but not allowed to defend themselves. They have no right to their own security because they have nothing to fear from a benign Jewish state. Oz says to his interviewer:
Ich glaube, dass die Blockade beendet werden sollte. Ich glaube, dass der Gaza-Streifen im großen Umfang mit Mitteln aus Israel, den arabischen und anderen Ländern versorgt werden sollte – im Austausch für eine wirksame Entmilitarisierung.
The mind boggles at the thought that SUP could not find a single person sympathetic to Israel’s position to contribute to this “discussion.”
M. Kellner
What the heck? Where is the balance on this issue. I am herewith vowing to not buy SUP publications.
Have you ever wondered how it is that every woman in Saudi Arabia wants to wear a burka?
I would think that at least one woman would like to shop at Nordstom rather than The Burka Store.
Funny how intellectual conformity is a sign of thought rot.
So much for the intellectual diversity.
Can you see global warming over 50 million years?
Why can’t you see jihad over only 1,400 years?
Leave Israel out of the equation. What is the excuse for 276 girls, Mumbai, Nairobi, Southern Thailand, China, Beslan, Myanmar, Paris and London “no go zones”, Malmo, Boko Haram, Mali, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, 9/11, Madrid, London tunnel bombing, Bangladesh, shooting polio health care workers, shooting girls for wanting to go to school, child brides, stoning for being raped, human shields and the list could go on.
But it’s OK because you think it is just fine that Hamas should be able to launch thousands of rockets into Israel.
My how liberal rot has corrupted what was once one of the great colleges.
Whoever participated in this SU press blog should be hiding their heads in shame.
“Jerry”: The issue here is not whether Amoz Oz is an “enlightened paternalist” or not. The issue here is that SUP, to its shame, has a blog series about the Israel-Gaza conflict which makes not even the slightest pretense of balance, which is so outrageously skewed that the Blog Editors didn’t even bother with a fig leaf of including a lone pro-Israeli post. I wish I could say that I am surprised that you see nothing wrong with this.
Thank you for this thought provoking series of scholarly articles revealing many concealed truths about the current Israeli invasion of Gaza. These PARC fellow blog entries expose some of the most striking events of the massacres that barely registered in mainstream US media sources. Kudos to PARC for funding fellows that produce quality work.
From the many negative posts on this series, it is clear that US academia is highly constrained by the blacklisting and intimidation of American scholars who critically engage with Palestine’s catastrophe (1948) to the colonial present.
I hope many other supporters of academic freedom, as well as serious scholarship in the evolving field of Palestinian studies, will support PARC by leaving a comment, becoming a member, and following some of their fellows’ impressive scholarly contributions.
Great to see such innovative and strong scholarship on these issues. Thank you SUP for pulling them together. The calls for balance are a weak attempt to suggest that Palestinians don’t deserve to have their perspectives considered seriously. Instead of taking what is written and understanding it, the commenters instead seek to discredit it and dismiss it. Pathetic, really. I, for one, learned a great deal and found these pieces well-written and engaging.
great series of articles, I’m a Stanford Alum and a jewish american who too often hears the standard corporate media accounts of unqualified support for the Israeli government no matter how reactionary, racist or destructive. The authors here provide a needed antidote. Thanks you !