Archive of The Idea of Israel

A reading list on Palestine's fight for liberation and struggles against colonialism around the world.

Richard Seymour on the Israeli attacks on the protests in Gaza and murderous humanitarianism.

70 years since the Nakba and the founding act of the state of Israel, Lynne Segal reflects on survival, resistance and memory.

“The legal recognition of the 1948 Nakbah as an act of ethnic cleansing would pave the way for some form of restitutive justice.”

To commemorate Nakba Day, we present an excerpt from Ilan Pappe’s book Ten Myths About Israel. Published on the fiftieth anniversary of the Occupation, the radical Israeli historian examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel, including the myth that the Palestinians voluntarily left their homeland in 1948.

For more than a decade Gaza has been subject to a crippling economic siege. In this piece, Jamie Stern-Weiner writes about the ongoing catastrophe.

Emergency demonstrations in solidarity with the people of Gaza have been called in London (Downing Street, 5.30pm) and across the UK for today, 15 May.