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Articles tagged as "Palestine"

Hear, O Israel!: An Open Address to the Jewish Mainstream

Brian Klug
January 10, 2024January 10, 2024

If, confronted with the hell unleashed on the people of Gaza in our name, we could do as Levi says then we would not efface the humanity of the children, women, and men of Gaza.

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George Orwell, Gaza, and “The Debasement of Language”

Brian Klug
December 15, 2023January 10, 2024

Thinking is not political unless it is grounded, and it is not grounded when, to quote Orwell, “the concrete melts into the abstract.”

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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…

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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.

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Mitri Raheb and the Legacy of the West in the Middle East

Series: Symposium on The Politics of Persecution
Gary Burge
September 7, 2023

Western powers and in particular, the U.S., have been instrumental in breaking up the most ancient Christian community in the Middle Eastern world.

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“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.

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Zionism and the Politics of Domination: On Protest, Liberty, and the Status Quo

Series: Symposium on Black Dignity
Shaul Magid
June 28, 2023

There is no dignity granted to a population living under domination; and domination remains the state policy in Israel.

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The Search for Justice, Liberation, and Humanity in the Life and Work of Desmond Tutu

Series: Transnational Solidarity and the Legacy of Tutu
Hilary Rantisi
June 26, 2023February 1, 2024

Tutu’s message was simple: God created us for freedom. This is a freedom that does not belong to one group of people more than another.

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Desmond Tutu: A Much-Loved, Deeply Disturbed, and Offensive Prophet

Series: Transnational Solidarity and the Legacy of Tutu
Farid Esack
June 8, 2023February 1, 2024

Tutu’s theology was simple: embrace the logic and the dreams of the margins.

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A Jewish Perspective on Desmond Tutu’s Prophetic Dream for Peace and Justice in Israel/Palestine

Series: Transnational Solidarity and the Legacy of Tutu
Rebecca T. Aplert
May 31, 2023January 27, 2024

This is the starting point of Tutu’s challenge: Israel must recognize the God that is being worshipped in the land today is the God of conquest and not the God of liberation, and that they are not one in the same.

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