A Fraught Commemoration
A brief history of the observance and politics of Nakba day.
Tag: West Bank
Digital Militarism
How Israelis live intimately with the military occupation in their digital lives.
On the Rise and Fall of Human Rights
From Arendt, to Douglass, to Palestine—what does it mean to have a “right to rights”? By Mark Goodale
Looking Glass Against the Wall, Who Is the Freest of Us All?
Why Gaza is rivaled and reviled by Israel. by KHALED FURANI "Schneewittchen 1" (Snow White 1) by Franz Jüttner, public domain image via Wikimedia Commons As I grope for understanding in these dark times, for reasons not entirely clear to me, I find myself assailed …
Palestine as Archive
What's happening in Gaza today is far from an isolated event; it's one instance of the Palestinian condition. by SHERENE SEIKALY A man and his young son sit on two cement blocks, surrounded by piles of rubble that were once their home, on the edges …
Does the Green Line Exist?
Largely invisible to Israelis, the pre-1967 borders profoundly shape the lives and hopes of Palestinians. by TAMIR SOREK "Israel Green Lines" from Wikipedia user, Ynhockey (licensed under Creative Commons). In 1949 the lines on the map of the Armistice Agreements between newly-established Israel and its …
Isolating Gaza
The restriction of Palestinian movement in Gaza and elsewhere has long been a central tactic of the Israeli occupation. by ILANA FELDMAN During the latest Israeli assault on Gaza considerable media coverage has been given to the Israeli tactic of calling people a few minutes …
A City-Sized Prison-House
With Israeli forces besieging Gaza again, Western ambivalence is inexcusable. by LORI ALLEN A fence encircling Gaza, taken in 2005. The no-man’s-land that surrounds the entrance to the Gaza Strip from Israel is a surreal space. Most of the time, it is a hot, flat, …
