War, Political Economy, and Palestine
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Diana Buttu 0:00 Before October of 2023, there was a real push within Israel to push forward this normalization project. And the normalization project was, in large part, to send the message to the Israeli public that they never really need to do anything […]
Palestine, Iran, and the Unraveling of Western Hegemony
Introduction People across the world are living through a moment of profound crisis. The ongoing genocide in Gaza, the US-Israeli war on Iran and Lebanon, the resulting energy and economic shocks, and the erosion of the international legal order are unfolding alongside the fragmentation of the Western-led global system. Together, these converging tremors are exposing […]
The Families of Gaza: Sumud as Collective Endurance
Introduction Since October 2023, Israel’s genocide has fueled two persistent and deeply polarizing narratives about Gaza, organized around a stark binary and circulated across Palestinian communities and globally. On one side, Gaza is positioned as unconquered: a place that did not surrender, whose population endured unprecedented violence without capitulation, and where the Israeli regime’s declared […]
Israel’s Yellow Line in Gaza: Annexation without Legal Burden
Introduction The Israeli regime is drawing a “Yellow Line” across Gaza to consolidate what it has always wanted: Palestinian land. The Yellow Line is not an internationally recognized border. Borders are typically established through bilateral agreements, adjudication, or mutual recognition under international law. By contrast, the so-called Yellow Line in Gaza functions as a de […]
Countering Israel’s 2026 Hasbara Industry Live Webinar
Historical Materialism Istanbul Conference 2026
Israel’s Scorched Earth Doctrine with Amjad Iraqi
The transcript below has been lightly edited for brevity and clarity. Amjad Iraqi 0:00 But since October 7th, Israel has really taken a much more severe approach, where the concept of burning the lawn — of really trying to burn everything at its roots, not just in terms of specific military goals, but destroying the […]
US Sanctions: Criminalizing Palestinian and Global Justice Work
Introduction In February 2021, Defense for Children International–Palestine (DCIP) reported that Israeli interrogators had raped a 15-year-old Palestinian boy while he was detained in Israel’s al-Mascubiyya prison in East Jerusalem. DCIP shared the allegation with US State Department officials, who reportedly raised it with Israeli authorities. However, rather than investigate the abuse, Israeli forces raided […]
Baqa’: Centering Food Sovereignty in the Global Movement for Palestinian Liberation
