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Palestine

From crisis to meltdown

ISRAEL/PALESTINE: The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah remained silent when it all broke out in Gaza. Observers had expected that the events of 7 October would almost automatically lead to a new and even more violent intifada.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

The myths of Gaza

MYTHS: Ilan Pappe tackles a number of the myths which, in the current situation, have come into frequent use during the decontextualization and dehistoricization of Gaza. Here he describes Hamas as a freedom movement.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

A kind of unofficial indictment against the State of Israel

Palestine: Israel has cultivated close relations with 'Papa Doc' in Haiti, Nicolae Ceaușescu in Romania, Pinochet in Chile, and the Hutu regime in Rwanda. And when Israel's largest arms fair, the ISDEF Biennale was held, it attracted more than 12 international visitors from over 000 different countries' military, police and security services.
Dominique Routhier -

Two about the tragedy of the Palestinians

ISRAEL: When the Knesset in 2018 passed the so-called nation-state law defining Israel as a Jewish state, it undermined the legitimacy of their own state's existence as a democracy. And here the Norwegian oil fund topped the list of 725 European financial institutions that have invested in 50 companies linked to the illegal settlements on the West Bank.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

The destruction, death and militarization of everyday life

NECROPOLITICS: To leave millions of people to hunger, epidemics, war and escape.
Dominique Routhier -

Art that disturbs

TEL AVIV: Visual artist David Reeb's exhibition Disturbance challenges Israel's big taboo: the occupation of Palestine.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

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