Posts tagged: israel-palestine

Cancellation of Gaza Forum, University of Arkansas – Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 8

Historian of the Middle East Joel Gordon shares his story of academic censorship after being forced to indefinitely postpone an event with Ted Swedenburg on Palestine/Israel and Israel's war in Gaza.
Enzo Traverso: The war in Gaza ‘blurs the memory of the Holocaust'

In this interview, the Italian historian Enzo Traverso warns against the devastating effects of using the memory of the Holocaust to justify the ‘genocidal war’ being waged by the Israeli army in Gaza.
The creation of a new refugee

Laura Robson charts the creation of “Palestine refugees,” which became a valuable way of differentiating between displaced Europeans and Palestinians post-1948.
On the war in Israel/Palestine

Michael Warschawski explains the historical context behind Israel's current siege in Gaza and the necessity of standing in solidarity with Palestinians.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 7, Letter from artists and curator to the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC)

The director and staff of the Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (CAC) have neglected to publish a Palestine solidarity statement written by the artists and curator of A Permanent Nostalgia for Departure: A Rehearsal on Legacy with Zaha Hadid, which is currently on view at the CAC. We publish their letter in full in Testimonial 7 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 6, Let the children speak

A young Arab school teacher from London describes her students' expressions of solidarity with Palestine and the British school system's attempts to silence them in the 6th installment of Palestine Uncensored.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 5, The corporate clamp-down on academic freedom

Eventbrite de-platformed an event with Omar Barghouti and Neve Gordon after a previously planned talk's title was changed to "Carnage in Palestine: Oppression, Complicity and Ethical Responsibility” following Hamas's October 7 attacks. Neve Gordon explains the danger of such suppression in Testimonial 5 of our Palestine Uncensored series.
Palestine Uncensored: Diaries of Censorship

Across the world, people standing in solidarity with Palestine in the face of Israel's genocidal siege are being silenced and punished for their principled stance. We are launching a call for stories of censorship and retribution for demanding justice for Palestinians. This is Palestine Uncensored.
Solidarity with Palestine: Free Resources and Further Reading

Free ebooks including Ilan Pappe's Ten Myths About Israel and Gideon Levy's The Punishment of Gaza.
Free Palestine: A Verso Reading List

A reading list on the ongoing struggle for Palestinian liberation.
Palestine Uncensored: Testimonial 4

'This city and this country cannot criminalise and mute our voices and still expect our cultural work to continue its active resonance. Mine will most definitely not.' Dr. Khyam Allami declares an indefinite strike against German state-funded cultural institutions until Germany stops their violent suppression of pro-Palestine solidarity.
From the River to the Sea: A Historical Inquiry

Attacks and smears against those who proclaim “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” were always part of a strategy for erasing and undermining Palestinian self-determination.