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This essay makes a case for reorientation in the controversially discussed matter of how the relationship between Orientalism and Zionism should be interpreted. It abandons the notion of convergence between both spheres, postulating... more
During the latter half of the 19th century, the town of Gaza in southern Palestine’s coast was integrated into the global system of maritime trade. The town exported large quantities of the northern Negev barley, a commodity of specified... more
The location of the city of al-Ludd, between the lowlands and the coastal plain, made it an attractive settlement site through the ages. This location brought with it, on the one hand, a fertile catchment area and on the other, caravans... more
The monograph From Ambivalence to Hostility focuses on writings on Zionism published in the Arabic newspaper Filasṭīn (ʻPalestineʼ) in the pre-WWI period (1911–1914). It covers a broad range of subjects treated by the periodical including... more
Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2019) 39 (2): 313–327 The article, based on two years of fieldwork, examines the meaning of displacement for Palestinian citizens of Israel who live in Jaffa. Specifically,... more
Palestine is known as the birthplace of Christianity. However the Christian population of this land is relatively insignificant today, despite the continuing institutional legacy that the 19th century Western missionary focus on the... more
Starting in the 1930s, but especially during the Second World War, the intelligence agencies of Britain and the Jewish Agency for Palestine had a complicated relationship. They often worked together to fight common threats, such as Arab... more
This research examines the gap between the socio-political and economic reality of Palestine, under Israeli Occupation, and the perceptions, assumptions and limitations of small aid donors like Switzerland in a colonial context. It looks... more
The paper discusses the role that Islamic values can play in articulating Islam as an ethical tradition that can shape the international relations.
Üç semavi dinin kutsal mekânı, Müslümanların ilk kıblesi Kudüs hakkında ne biliyoruz? Uğrunda mücadeleler verilen ve asırlarca farklı hâkimiyetler altında kalan Kudüs tarih boyunca hep “Halilullah” şehri olarak saygı görmüştür. Mukaddes... more
Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor's bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official Avner Cohen traces the missile's trajectory back to an "enormous, stupid mistake" made 30 years ago.
AFTER his release from prison in South Africa and he became inaugural president of the majority rule government with the abolition of apartheid, Nelson Mandela declared in a speech in 1997: "We know too well that our freedom is incomplete... more
Nicholas Blincoe’s More Noble Than War: A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine (Bold Type Books, 2019) is a beautifully narrated and written history of a century of conflict between pre-state Jews and Palestinians and Israeli Jews and... more
In most Mediterranean countries the main source of water for domestic use are surface waters, with the exception of Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Syria, Jordan and Palestine. In the case of Palestine, it is because of its absence of control... more
The Irish Times, 27 April 2021 - op-ed piece following publication of the Human Rights Watch report on Israeli apartheid
In disengaging from the Gaza Strip in 2005, Israel did not end the occupation but technologized it through purportedly “frictionless” high-technology mechanisms. The telecommunications sector was turned over to the Palestinian Authority... more
Hezbollah is the archetype and so far the most important and efficient of all Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East, and it demonstrates all the traits that eventually became the trademarks of Iran’s proxy networks in Iraq, Syria, Yemen... more
Zeughauskino Berlin, 2015
Glow of Memory. Retrospective of PLO-German co-productions. Film program the German Historical Museum Berlin; in German and Arabic
Glow of Memory. Retrospective of PLO-German co-productions. Film program the German Historical Museum Berlin; in German and Arabic
In his introduction to Palestinian Walks, Raja Shehadeh remarks that in spite of the great number of travelers to Palestine, travel literature, for the most part, willfully ignored the living experience and existence of the land’s... more
Despite the fact that the Middle East has been exposed to war and invasion for many years due to its wealthy underground resources, namely the exploitation of oil and natural gas, and although continuous political games have been played... more
The relationship between school resources such as learning materials, computers, and student-teacher ratio and student performance has been shown to be important (e.g., Hanushek, 1986, 2003; Hanushek & Woessmann, 2007; Krueger, 2003). In... more
paper presented at the conference Vaccines and International Law, University of Milan, 19 May 2021, online, http://www.sidi-isil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/19.05.2021.ore9_.30.pdf
Since 30 March 2018, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been holding weekly Friday demonstrations along the 1949 armistice line between Gaza and Israel. Called by its organizers the Great March of Return, the protest is focused on the... more
en 1948: Los casos de La Voz del Interior y Los Principios " Resumen El año 1948 ha sido un año clave en la cuestión palestina, ya que es una bisagra histórica en un conflicto que pervive hasta nuestros días. Representa uno de los mayores... more
After trying and failing to pass the so-called " Anti-Semitism Awareness Act " in the last legislative session, supporters have once again submitted a bill that, if passed by Congress, will dramatically curb free speech and academic... more
A Half Century of Occupation: Israel, Palestine, and the World’s Most Intractable Conflict by Gershon Shafir. University of California Press, 2017, 283 pp
“They are destined to walk forever in love on the edge of a knife: homophobia in Palestine and Israeli pinkwashing” Joseph James Padraic Devine The title of my essay is a modification of a line from Nizar Qabbani’s beloved poem... more
السلطة الفلسطينية لم تبتعد كثيراً عن المضامين "التاريخية" للضرائب المفروضة على الفلسطينيين، هذه التاريخية التي تحمل كثيراً من علاقات الهيمنة والسيطرة ومحاولات الإخضاع، وإن جاءت من منظور وطني هذه المرة. فقد خضعت السلطة في إنشائها وتكوينها... more