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Posts tagged: gaza
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Opening in April this year, the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale has caused controversy by refusing to take a stand on the brutal ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. Signatories of Art Not Genocide Alliance argue that it is time for the Biennale to cancel the Israeli pavilion and refuse to provide a platform for the art-washing of genocide.
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Death in the Air
The Gazan writer Asmaa al-Ghoul, with around 20 others scattered across the globe, is on a hunger strike with just one goal and one demand—to stop the war. Here, Ben Ehrenreich writes on al-Ghoul's life and work, and her campaign to end the Israeli assault on Gaza. -
The War on Gaza and Israel’s Fascism Debate
Western critics of Israel's apartheid policies and far-right government are frequently accused of antisemitism, but leftist and left-liberal Israelis have been decrying the country's descent into fascism for years. In this article, Alberto Toscano argues that fascism is embedded in the logic of Israel's colonial project. -
Arming Apartheid: Ghada Karmi & Antony Loewenstein
Ghada Karmi and Antony Loewenstein join Eleanor Penny to discuss Palestine and the Israeli State. -
The equanimity of lunatics
In response to the conflict in Gaza, the international media has systematically downplayed the severity of the events and aided in Israeli obfuscation and falsehoods. Richard Seymour surveys the media's "lunatic equanimity in the face of barbarism". -
Israel’s illusion of normality collapses: May 2021
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.
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Nakba Day Reading List
To commemorate Nakba Day, a reading list on the history of the region and the Palestinian struggle for liberation.
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The viral emergency in Palestine
How has the pandemic made itself felt in Palestine? S C Molavi and Eyal Weizman, of Forensic Architecture, look at how Israel has used the coronavirus crisis in order to further consolidate its regime of surveillance and domination against Palestinians.
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Murder of Naji al-Ali to be Reinvestigated
Naji Salim al-Ali was Palestine’s preeminent political cartoonist. In more than 40,000 cartoons, al-Ali provided sharply critical commentaries on Palestinian and Arab politics. Naji al-Ali was shot by unknown assailants in London on July 22, 1987 and died 5 weeks later. No one was convicted of the murder, but as the BBC reports, the murder is now being reinvestigated.
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On the one-year anniversary of Israel's attack on Gaza: An interview with Max Blumenthal
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The horrifying reality of living in the West Bank for Palestinian families
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Why the viciousness of modern Israeli law directed against Palestinians must be taken as seriously as the cruelties of war - Teju Cole