Palestine
Israel Is Waging War on Palestinian Prisoners
Behind the systematic torture and sexual violence in Israeli prisons.
Resisting Carceralism and Fighting for Freedom—A Roundtable
Four activists reflect on building a global anti-carceral movement.
A Primer on Lebanon—History, Palestine and Resistance to Israeli Violence
Crucial context amid regional escalation.
Times of Struggle and Cultural Liberation—A Conversation with Elias Khoury
An Excerpt from ‘Palestine in a World on Fire’ in light of Elias Khoury’s passing.
Israel Is Waging War on Palestinian Prisoners
Behind the systematic torture and sexual violence in Israeli prisons, from MER’s fall issue, ‘Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams.”
State Secrets and Crimes—Rape at Israel’s Sde Teiman Prison
A timely preview of MER’s fall issue, ‘Carceral Realities and Freedom Dreams.’
Lessons from ’48—A Conversation on Silence, Complicity and Popular Mobilization of Palestinians in Israel
Amid a wave of unprecedented global solidarity with Palestine where does ’48 fit in?
Israel and the Laws of War—A Conversation with Neve Gordon
The uses and abuses of the law in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Palestinian Trade Unions Call for an End to Arming Israel
Amid an escalating crisis in Gaza, trade unions in Palestine appeal for international solidarity.
A Day as Ordinary as Any Other
Nathan Thrall’s Newest Book Offers a Timely Window into Israel’s Infrastructure of Occupation.
India, Israel and the Coordination of Control
How Modi is weaponizing the ‘Israeli Experience’ to target dissent.
India, Israel and the Coordination of Control
How India weaponizes the ‘Israeli Experience’ to target dissent.
The AnthroBoycott Collective and Organizing Against Apartheid—An Interview with Daniel Segal and Jessica Winegar
What we can learn from the American Anthropological Association’s historic resolution.
‘A Place Without a Door’ and ‘Uncle Give me a Cigarette’—Two Essays by Palestinian Political Prisoner, Walid Daqqah
Essays, smuggled out of prison, have been translated as part of the campaign for Daqqah’s release.
Farha in the “Unfocused Feelings of the Citizenry”
A new Netflix film stirs up old debates about Palestinian narration.
The Re-Politicization of Palestinian Soccer
The past decade has seen the growing presence of political protest and expressions of Palestinian national identity in football stadiums in Israel, with Ultras Sakhnin setting a powerful example. Revisiting arguments made in his 2007 book, Tamir Sorek traces how interrelated local, regional and global factors are contributing to the increasing audibility and visibility of politics in Palestinian football. From songs on social media to signs in the stands, the actions of fans and athletes reject the designation of sports as an apolitical field and challenge the regime of racialized supremacy football has largely legitimized—until now.
Bitcoin Cannot Free Palestine
Could the use of Bitcoin allow Palestinians to escape Israeli control over the economy and money in the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Hadas Thier examines the arguments of the crypto enthusiasts and finds serious problems with their vision of liberation via Bitcoin. Thier talks to political economist Sara Roy, whose scholarship on de-development in Gaza is being used by some Bitcoin boosters, about the real roots of Palestinian oppression and why cryptocurrencies are not the solution.
Bitcoin Cannot Free Palestine
Could the use of Bitcoin allow Palestinians to escape Israeli control over the economy and money in the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Hadas Thier examines the arguments of the crypto enthusiasts and finds serious problems with their vision of liberation via Bitcoin. Thier talks to political economist Sara Roy, whose scholarship on de-development in Gaza is being used by some Bitcoin boosters, about the real roots of Palestinian oppression and why cryptocurrencies are not the solution.
The Question of Palestinian Statehood and the Future of Decolonization
Is statehood the desired end goal of decolonization struggles or is it instead a useful tool along the way to achieving national liberation? The answer to this question has been at the heart of many national liberation movements since the twentieth century. Most struggles for decolonization have pursued the creation of a sovereign independent nation state as a right that is enshrined in international law with the 1960 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1514, which defined colonialism as a crime and specified that “all people have an inalienable right to complete freedom, the exercise of their sovereignty and the integrity of their national territory.” This resolution granted colonized people the internationally recognized right to political independence and self-determination.
Indigenous Wine and Settler Colonialism in Israel and Palestine
In 2008 the first Palestinian wine made from indigenous grapes was released, introducing a discourse of primordial place-based authenticity into the local wine field. Six years later, Israeli wineries started marketing a line of indigenous wines. Since then, a growing number of Palestinian and Israeli winemakers and scientists have been using the research, production and marketing of indigenous wines to bolster their historical claims to the land. These producers have emerged in a global era in which terroir—defined as an idiosyncratic combination of soil, climate, culture and history that gives food its distinct taste—shapes economic and cultural value. Against the dominance of international grape varieties, the indigenous turn in the wine world is mobilizing genetics, enology and ancient texts to rewrite the Israeli and Palestinian landscapes.
