Tag: Nakba
The Undisclosed Second Paradox in Michael Walzer’s The Paradox of Liberation
What Walzer represents as ‘national liberation’ of the Jewish people is more objectively presented as the ‘national oppression’ of the Palestinian people.
Read MoreNakba and the question of ‘Palestinian strategy’
May 22, 2015 | News & Analysis, Palestine
If the Nakba is Israel’s original sin, discounting the Nakba and the right of return for refugees is the Palestinian leadership’s own sin against its people.
Read MoreThe Arab Boat: It’s an Arab-Palestinian Nakba, and We Are All Refugees
May 14, 2015 | Middle East, Viewpoints
Palestinian refugees know too well what their Arab brethren are going through: the massacres, the unredeemable loss, the despair, and the sinking boats.
Read MoreReview: Pappe’s ‘The Idea of Israel’
This is a powerfully written unsettling work relating the story of Israel from the perspective of how ideas are manipulated for the benefit of the state.
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