Checkpoints on the border of Palestine and Israel as the architecture of occupation
An essay from Hil Aked, author of Friends of Israel: The Backlash Against Palestine Solidarity.
Hil Aked discusses taboo, terminology, and the racial politics of Israel/Palestine as it pertains to discussion of the ‘Israel lobby’.
Haim Breseeth-Zabner, author of An Army Like No Other, on the current attacks on Palestinians, and the failure of the international community to condemn Israel's actions.
Ross’s engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story shows how the stones of historic Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build the state of Israel—in the process, constructing “facts on the ground”—even while the industry is central to Palestinians’ own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation.
As the COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out across the richest countries, Arianne Shahvisi warns against the rise of 'vaccine nationalism' that polices who does and does not get the jabs. And why this is likely to consolidate existing global inequalities.
Bruce Robbins introduces his short film on the author of the recently reissued The Invention of the Jewish People.
"Despite India’s successful overthrow of British rule, it has created a colonial occupation of its own in Jammu and Kashmir. And recently, it has been taking its cues straight from Israel’s playbook."