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The “Miraculous” Nature of the Israel Exception in International Law: Israel’s Nationality Laws

Mohammad H. Fadel
June 4, 2024June 12, 2024

In order to create a Jewish state, the Israeli judiciary performed the miraculous/magical act of imagining Israel’s establishment as though it were an act of self-generation.

Protest in Columbus, Ohio, USA, against catastrophic Israeli attacks on Gaza after the 7th of October, 2023.

Statement of Scholars in Holocaust and Genocide Studies on Mass Violence in Israel and Palestine since 7 October

Raz Segal
December 9, 2023January 27, 2024

In the following statement, over 55 scholars of the Holocaust, genocide, and mass violence deplore the atrocity crimes against civilians…

The Israel/Palestine Escalation: The Current Chapter of a Long History

Contending Modernities
October 16, 2023February 1, 2024

This conflict did not begin on Saturday, October 7. Addressing root causes is key to de-escalate violence and redress politically the aspirations of Palestinians for freedom and historical justice and the Israeli desire for safety.

“Religious Freedoms,” Apocalyptic Thinking, and Political Violence

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution

Atalia Omer
August 30, 2023February 1, 2024

Palestinian Christians are under attack, but they are targeted not because of their Christianity, but rather because of their Palestinian identity.

A Secular Conversion of Protestant Morals?

Series: Symposium on The Moral Triangle

Sultan Doughan
February 17, 2022January 24, 2024

The history of post-Holocaust Germany and German-Jewish relations cannot be fully grasped without understanding the wider efforts of the Protestant Church.

Introduction to Symposium on The Moral Triangle

Series: Symposium on The Moral Triangle

Joshua S. Lupo
February 9, 2022March 4, 2022

What readers will discern in these pages is that the historical traumas experienced by one group can occlude the realities of violence and oppression in another.

Introducing The Arab and Jewish Questions

Series: Symposium on The Arab and Jewish Questions

Leila Farsakh
August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

This book interrogates the opposition between the “Arab” and the “Jew” in order to challenge dominant understandings of political identities, nationalism, and citizenship rights.

Interrogating Modernity and Egalitarian Binationalism in Palestine/Israel

Series: Symposium on The Arab and Jewish Questions

Bashir Bashir
August 26, 2021January 27, 2024

“The question of Palestine,” “the Jewish question,” and “the Muslim question” are conceptually and historically linked, and their entanglement continues to fuel tensions in the Middle East, Europe, and the USA.

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