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Items by Andy Simons
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Israel’s Armor: The Israel Lobby and the First Generation of the Palestine Conflict
In these times of a growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement regarding the apartheid state of Israel, public opinion is finally changing, even if those in the large political bubbles in Westminster and Washington either can’t or won’t see it. Those defending the Zionist project have always had...
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Stone Men: The Palestinians Who Built Israel
Those familiar with the ever-twisting gyrations of the Zionist project know that it was not just one of bully-boy bigotry but of employment leverage and advantage. Early on, the British Mandate Government encouraged foreign capital from generous Diaspora Jews to stack society in favour of the Jews in Palestine....
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Traces of racial exception: racialising Israeli settler colonialism
In today’s twisted, double-speak in political accusation, some principles stay upheld. Ronit Lentin, the Trinity College Dublin sociologist, has long specialised in race relations and this book excavates Israel’s racist foundation. Accordingly, the white Jew of Israel’s collective racism firmly defeats all challenges. One lode of analysis is theoretical,...
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The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate, and Resistance in Palestine
Bernard Regan might have simply retired from serving on the National Executive of the National Union of Teachers, and continued to be on the Executive of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Instead, he decided to get a PhD, studying with Nur Masalha, who has produced 11 books on the history...