The US supports illegal annexations by Israel and Morocco. Why the hypocrisy?
America must be consistent. It cannot pick and choose when to follow international law
Category: Columns
The Virology of Ideas — An Indispensable Pandemic
On March 9, 2022, Nobel laureate George Smith gave the inaugural Bisan Lecture. He spoke of the “ideosphere,” the teeming culture of ideas interacting and mutating much the way viruses do in the biosphere. He presented scientific discovery as a communal process, in which individuals contribute small mutations to the existing flux of ideas. This generous and democratic perspective was contrasted with the authoritarian restrictions faced by the Palestinian people under occupation. His lecture was followed by an interesting question and answer period. More than a hundred people followed the event on Zoom making this inaugural Bisan lecture a great success.
On Watching Ukraine Through Palestinian Eyes
The rightful outpouring of support for Ukraine teaches us that the West can condemn occupation when it wants to.
US accused of hypocrisy for supporting sanctions against Russia but not Israel
Critics compare Israeli military actions of Palestinian territories with Russian invasion of Ukraine but pro-Israel groups dismiss allegations as false parallels The US and some of its European allies are….
A medical school in the service of colonialism
Ariel University’s new medicine faculty is part of a wider effort to normalize illegal settlements — and Israel’s national medical body is defending it.
Want to understand Putin’s invasion? Look at Israel’s occupation
The way Putin frames Russian state violence in Ukraine is similar to the rhetoric Israel has been using in its wars against Palestinians for decades.
Russia’s invasion should be a mirror for Israeli society
On Saturday night, two days after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Israelis, most of them from former Soviet republics, took to the streets of Tel Aviv. Draped….
Former AG of Israel: With great sadness I conclude that my country is now an apartheid regime
Michael Benyair, former Attorney General of Israel, agrees with Amnesty International.
Just Another Day Under Israeli Apartheid
A dead activist, a detained child, a demolished home. What else is new?
The Bisan Lecture Series
We are pleased to announce the launch of The Bisan Lecture Series (BLS) in concert with Scientists for Palestine and the Bisan Center for Research and Development. It will take….