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New Texts Out Now: Rachel Beckles Willson, Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West
Rachel Beckles Willson, Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Rachel Beckles Willson (RBW): In 2004, I was puzzled by the way that the English press—specifically newspapers that are usually rather critical, The Guardian and The Observer—responded to some western classical music initiatives in Ramallah led by the celebrated conductor Daniel Barenboim. It all seemed to be wildly admiring, while also reproducing imperialistic discourses about Arabs and Europe (the former in need of the latter’s civilizing missions). This was all the more ...
Keep Reading »Palestine Up Close and at a Distance
In Ramallah, Running Guy Mannes-Abbott and Samar Martha, editors Black Dog Publishing, 2012 In his 1997 memoir I Saw Ramallah, Mourid Barghouti identified the early stage of what is now called the Ramallah “bubble” or “syndrome.” Writing on the state of Palestine just a few years after the Oslo Accords, Barghouti locates a “mirage” or “idea of Palestine” that distracts native inhabitants. Ramallah, it is argued, has been redeveloped with a focus on gross commercialization through an unsavory brand of urban planning. While the outer limits of the “bubble” enclosure of the city are defined by the spread of nearby settlements and a section of Israel’s snaking ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Na'eem Jeenah, Pretending Democracy: Israel, An Ethnocratic State
Na’eem Jeenah, editor, Pretending Democracy: Israel, An Ethnocratic State. Johannesburg: Afro-Middle East Centre, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): What made you publish this book? Na’eem Jeenah (NJ): The book emerged out of a conference organized by the Afro-Middle East Centre and which was held in Pretoria, South Africa. The conference brought together important scholars who have being thinking and writing about the issue of the nature of the Israeli state, those who are affected by this, and also ways in which to move beyond the ethnocratic state that Israel is towards a future that can address the injustices that have been heaped on Palestinians by Israel’s Zionist policies ...
Keep Reading »الفلسطينيون على جانبي الخط الأخضر في ظروف سياسية متغيّرة
بيان صحفي الفلسطينيون على جانبي الخط الأخضر في ظروف سياسية متغيّرة – إصدار جديد لمركز مدى الكرمل ومؤسسة مواطن صدر عن مركز مدى الكرمل، المركز العربي للدراسات الاجتماعيّة التطبيقيّة في حيفا، ومؤسّسة مواطن، المؤسسة الفلسطينية لدراسة الديمقراطية في رام الله، كتاب يوثق الورشة المشتركة للمؤسستين والتي عقدت في شهر آذار من 2011 ، تحت عنوان: "الفلسطينيون على جانبي الخط الأخضر في ظروف سياسية متغيّرة". أتت المبادرة لهذه الورشة من أجل التشاور حول الوضع الفلسطيني العام، خاصة على ضوء التطورات الأخيرة والحلول المطروحة، وعلى ضوء ديمومة المأزق الفلسطيني، وتجذّر الانقسامات السياسية والتجزئة الجغرافية. تركّزت الورشة، التي استمرت لمدة يومين متتاليين، ...
Keep Reading »Military Justice? Palestinians in Israeli Courts (Video)
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The Center for Palestine Studies (CPS) at Columbia University has developed a new project on Palestine and law, which consists of a series of panels with some of the world's leading legal scholars on Palestine. The aim of the series is to promote innovative academic thought on legal questions related to Palestine. The issues covered will include the state question, property issues, from possession to dispossession; the sphere of litigation; the legal status of the refugee; and regimes of imprisonment. On 3 December 2012, CPS hosted a panel entitled, “Military Justice? Palestinians in Israeli Courts,” with the scholars below. Panelists examined litigation before both ...
Keep Reading »International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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[The following press release and report were issued by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 31 January 2013.] The International Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory today published its findings on the implications Israeli settlements have upon the human rights of the Palestinian people. The report states that a multitude of the human rights of the Palestinians are violated in various forms and ways due to the existence of the settlements. These violations are all interrelated, forming part of an overall pattern of breaches that are characterised principally by the denial of ...
Keep Reading »The Meaning of Yair Lapid
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The 2013 Israeli elections produced a dramatic nothing. Yair Lapid, television anchor, writer of clichés, son of loudmouth celebrity and one-time politician Tommy Lapid, and famed for his hairstyle, entered the political scene to form a party of handpicked personalities which won nineteen seats in the Knesset, and became the second largest party in Israel. Lapid is now the kingmaker, positioned to determine the shape of the coalition that will form Binyamin Netanyahu’s next government. What does Yair Lapid represent? Early analysis of voting precincts reveals Lapid voters come from both affluent and middle-class urban, predominantly Ashkenazi neighborhoods, linking ...
Keep Reading »Parallel Walks in al-Khalil: A Photo Essay
![[Walking in the Israeli Settler controlled area in al-Khalil. Image by Isis Nusair.]](/content_images/3/sm_isis6.jpg "[Walking in the Israeli Settler controlled area in al-Khalil. Image by Isis Nusair.]")
I last visited al-Khalil (Hebron) with my family when I was a child in the mid 1970s. I only have vague recollections of that visit, except for the place where Ibrahim (Abraham) was to sacrifice his son. For some reason, and maybe because as a child I was unable to comprehend why a father would be asked to sacrifice his son, that visit remained ingrained in my memory for years to come. While studying in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, I always visited Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Birzeit, especially for solidarity student visits during the first Palestinian Intifada. I have been living in the United States since 1993, yet despite my repeated visits back home for research and to ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: Right of Return Conference (5-7 April, Boston)
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Right of Return Conference 5 - 7 April 2013 Boston University The Right of Return Conference Committee is seeking abstracts about Palestinian refugees and the Right of Return for papers to be presented at the Right of Return Conference at Boston University, 5-7 April 2013. While there has been much theoretical work done on the subject, we are looking to move beyond ethical arguments, and focus instead on the practical implications of this Right, investigating the ways in which Return can and will be implemented. The Conference seeks to examine the Palestinian struggle ...
Keep Reading »Torture, Drones, and Detention: A Conversation Between Laleh Khalili and Lisa Hajjar
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The following is an audio recording of a joint book talk held on 16 January 2013. Laleh Khalili and Lisa Hajjar recently published their Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies and Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights, respectively. The event was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and featured a conversation between the two authors entitled "Torture, Drones, and Detention: The Vagaries of Liberal Warfare." The discussion ranged from the Boer War to Drone Warfare, legal torture, the role of law and everything in between.
Keep Reading »University of California Student Petition Against HR-35 Surpasses 1,000 Signatures
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[The following press release was issued by University of California Students for Justice in Palestine on 9 January 2013.] Students voice their united opposition to California Resolution HR-35 and thank the UC Students Association for vocally opposing it while taking a morally consistent stand against racism. HR-35 proposes broad bans on student speech supporting Palestinian rights and criticizing discriminatory Israeli policies. Today a petition signed by UC students and recent graduates who support the University of California’s Student Association (UCSA) resolution regarding HR-35 surpassed 1,000 signatures. Signers applauded UCSA “for standing up on ...
Keep Reading »Settler Colonialism: Then and Now (Video)
![[Map of European colonial expansion/settlement of territories that become the United States, 1800-1820. Image from from The National Atlas of the United States of America (1970) via PCL Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin Library]](/content_images/3/sm_settlementexploration.jpg "[Map of European colonial expansion/settlement of territories that become the United States, 1800-1820. Image from from The National Atlas of the United States of America (1970) via PCL Map Collection of the University of Texas at Austin Library]")
Settler Colonialism: Then and Now A Lecture by Mahmood Mamdani This lecture was delivered on 6 December 6 2012 at Princeton University for the 10th Annual Edward W. Said '57 Memorial Lecture. Mahmood Mamdani is an academic, author, and political commentator. He is the author of, among other books, Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism (1996), When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda (2002), Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror (2010), and, most recently, Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity (2012). His works explore the intersection between politics and ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Ilana Feldman, The Challenge of Categories: UNRWA and the Definition of a "Palestine Refugee"
Ilana Feldman, "The Challenge of Categories: UNRWA and the Definition of a 'Palestine Refugee.'" Journal of Refugee Studies 25.3 (2012). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Ilana Feldman (IF): There were two primary motivating forces for writing this article. First, it is part of a special issue in the Journal of Refugee Studies on “The Refugee in the Post-War World, 1945-1960,” that itself was a result of a conference of the same name. By participating in this issue, ...
Keep Reading »United Nations OHCHR Calls for Investigation into Death of Palestinian Prisoner Undergoing Israeli Interrogation
[The following press release was issued by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on 27 February 2013.] The United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, today called for an international investigation on the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat while undergoing interrogation in an Israeli facility. “The death of a prisoner during interrogation is always a cause for concern, but in this case, when Israel has ...
Keep Reading »Statement from Global Palestinian Right to Return Coalition
[The following statement was issued by the Global Palestinian Right to Return Coalition on 5 February 2013.] To the children of our heroic Palestinian people, To those who safeguard the unity of our people, our representation, and our cause, As the Palestinian people await the meeting of various sectors of Palestinian leadership on the eighth of February in Cairo, and as we anticipate further development of steps towards turning the page on painful Palestinian divisions, the Global Palestinian Right ...
Keep Reading »موسم السياحة 2013: فلسطين المحتلة، زوروها وافرحوا بها
ليس هناك ألطف من أن تكون جماعة ما مُستَعمِرة حضاريّة ومنفتحة. فحينما تتوافر شروط الحداثة بما تشمله من علائم الديموقراطية، والمدنية، والعولمة، والابتعاد السياسي والاجتماعي عن الدين والانفتاح على كافة أنواعه؛ يصير الاستعمار تفصيلاً هامشياً ومتقهقراً أمام كل هذا. يصبح همّ المجتمع أن يحيا التفاصيل اليومية متناسياً أعقاب الماضي، متذكراً خطواته الحاضرة الذاهبة إلى غدها لا غير. وليس أوفى على توثيق تلك الخطى من جرائد هذا الاستعمار، التي لا يقتصر عملها على توثيق وتدوين هذا الواقع، بل أيضاً على إنتاجه وإحالته لأمر ...
Keep Reading »مجلة جدل تناقش التقاضي في الأحوال الشخصية للفلسطينيين في الداخل: قضية جدلي
بيّان صحفي أصدر مركز مدى الكرمل، المركز العربي للدراسات الاجتماعيّة التطبيقيّة في حيفا، العدد السادس عشر من دورية "جدل" الإلكترونية. ويتناول العدد " التقاضي في الأحوال الشخصية للفلسطينيين في الداخل: قضية جدلية "، ما بين قراءة للواقع ومناقشة أهمية العمل على التغيير. وقد جاء في الافتتاحية ان هذا العدد يحاول "التطرّق إلى بعض الأمور المتعلّقة بالأحوال الشخصيّة، إذ تقدّمُ بعض المقالات قراءة قي التعديل المذكور، ويناقش بعضُها أهمّـيّة العمل على التغيير، إمّا في المحاكم الشرعيّة ...
Keep Reading »Medical Neglect in Israeli Prison Leads to Death of Ashraf Abu Dhra'
[The following statement was issued by Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association on 22 January 2013.] Addameer sends its condolences to the family of Ashraf Abu Dhra’, a recently released prisoner who passed away last night as a result of medical negligence in an Israeli Occupation prison. Ashraf, twenty-nine years old and from Beit 'Awwa in Hebron, was arrested on 16 May 2006 and sentenced to six and a half years in Ramleh prison. Ashraf had a long history of medical problems that predate ...
Keep Reading »The Invisible Link: Honor Killing and Global Capitalism
The unfolding debate about the Palestinian hip hop group DAM’s new music video “If I Could Go Back in Time,” and Lila Abu-Lughod and Maya Mikdashi’s critique of it, has generated an intense visceral reaction on the part of many readers on Jadaliyya and in the blogosphere. DAM produced this music video in collaboration with the director Jackie Salloum and the renowned singer and activist Amal Murkos, to tackle the heinous crime of honor killing in Palestine. Abu-Lughod and Mikdashi took the video to ...
Keep Reading »Personal Status Litigation for Palestinians in Israel: A Controversial Issue (Jadal Issue 16, December 2012)
[The following is the Table of Contents of the latest issue of Jadal, a quarterly journal published by Mada al-Carmel.] Jadal Issue 16, December 2012 Personal Status Litigation for Palestinians in Israel: A Controversial Issue Editorial Areen Hawari Analytical Papers Personal Status in Civil Versus Religious Courts: A Controversial Issue Areen Hawari Viewpoints Eleven Years Since the Amendment to the Family Rights Law: Achievements and Challenges Heba Yazbek Family Rights Act: ...
Keep Reading »Statement by Palestinian Residents of New Village in East Jerusalem: Bab al-Shams
[The following statement was issued by the 250 Palestinian residents of Bab al-Shams and published by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee on 11 January 2013. The residents were later forcibly evicted by the Israeli military.] 250 men and women from across Palestine establish this morning a new Palestinian village named “Bab Alshams” (Gate of the Sun). Tents were built in what Israel refers to as area E1 and equipment for long-term living was brought. The group released the following ...
Keep Reading »عدّ الكالوريات وصناعة الليمونادا في غزة
تعتبر السعرة الحرارية مقياساً ضرورياً في عملية الرقابة – الذاتية التي نفرضها على أجسادنا. وكما أظهرت وثيقة قامت الحكومة الإسرائيلية بإصدارها مؤخراً، فالسعرة تشكّل أيضاً أداة حكم. وكانت مؤسسة حقوق الإنسان الإسرائيلية "جيشا"، قد تمكّنت بعد معركة قانونية استمرت لمدة سنتين، من الحصول على هذه الوثيقة التي تحمل عنوان "إستهلاك الطعام في قطاع غزة – خطوط حمراء". الهوس بالقياس بعد اعتلاء حماس سدّة الحكم في غزة في أيلول عام 2007، فرضت الحكومة الإسرائيلية قيوداً على مرور البضائع ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Lisa Hajjar, Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights
Lisa Hajjar, Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights. New York: Routledge, 2012 [“Framing Twenty-First Century Social Issues” series]. Jadaliyya (J): What inspired you to write this book? Lisa Hajjar (LH): Torture is my great and terrible obsession. I think, read, write, and talk about torture all the time, as anyone who knows me can attest. I was inspired to write this book in order to share my knowledge, my passion, and—to be blunt—my anger about torture with college students, although ...
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