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Benjamin Steinhardt Case: Decolonizing Jewishness

“If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”–Aboriginal activist saying, attributed to Lilla Watson Seven decades on, … Continue reading

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Uri Gordon: Anarchism in Israel and Palestine

Anarchism has been a political undercurrent in Israel and Palestine for a century, appearing in three disconnected waves: the libertarian socialism of the early Kibbutz communes, the publishing and cultural activities of Yiddish-speaking immigrants, and contemporary Israeli anarchism. In Palestinian … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Albert Meltzer

Anarchist tactic for Palestine The Arab revolution is centred on Palestine. The re-awakening of the Arab nation and the consequent nationalist revolution has brought the masses of Palestine in conflict with British Imperialism. Every movement against British Imperialism must be … Continue reading

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Anarchist voices on Palestine-Israel: Emma Goldman

To the Editor,“Spain and the World”. Dear Comrade, I was interested in the article, ‘Palestine and Socialist Policy’, by our good friend Reginald Reynolds in ‘Spain and the World’ of July 29th. There is much in it with which I … Continue reading

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Martin Buber’s messianic Zionism

There is a Jewish tradition about seventy angels known as “princes” who are set in charge of the seventy nations of the world.Each of these “princes” supervises his own nation, acting as its spokesman before the throne of glory. When … Continue reading

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Hannah Arendt: Zionism Reconsidered

It will not be easy either to save the Jews or to save Palestine in the twentieth century; that it can be done with categories and methods of the nineteenth century seems at the very most highly improbable. If Zionists … Continue reading

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”The horror!… The horror!”

As is and has so often been the case, the outbreak of yet another open armed conflict between the Israeli state/government and Palestinian authorities (The Palestinian Authority-PA and/or Hamas) leaves some anarchists and libertarian/anti-authoritarian leftists reaching for their tired and … Continue reading

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“A Nuclear Superpower and a Dispossessed People”

From the CrimethInc. (08/10/2023) collective … An Anarchist from Jaffa on the Violence in Palestine and Israeli Repression On October 7, Hamas, the ruling party in the Gaza Strip, breached the siege wall surrounding them to carry out a series … Continue reading

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From Ukraine to Palestine: The Poisons of Denialism

by David Finkel (Against the Current) Exploding over the past year, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s escalating violence and ethnic cleansing in Palestine have become two centers of a deepening global crisis. For the international left, the Ukraine … Continue reading

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A Coup d’État in Israel?

From the CrimethInc. collective (27/03/2023) … A Coup d’État in Israel?: The Bitter Harvest of Colonialism On Sunday, March 26, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister in an attempt to consolidate power over the country, precipitating spontaneous mass demonstrations. … Continue reading

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