From Gaza to Oxford: persistence triumphs over tyranny
As I prepare to leave the UK to return to Gaza, my mind is a jumble of thoughts. When I originally filed my visa application so that I could study….
Category: Columns
Israeli citizens against “Tel Aviv on the Seine”
We are Israeli citizens, active against our government’s policies of racism, occupation, and Apartheid. One year ago, nearly two thousand people were massacred by the Israeli army in Gaza, including….
Now more than ever, Solidarity
I am deeply honored to be invited to write the editorial for this edition of the AURDIP newsletter. I write a time of great tragedy, and of crisis, one which….
Israel vs the Violin
This past semester I was the violin and viola teacher at the Gaza branch of Palestine’s National Conservatory of Music—though I never met my students, because Israel blocked me from….
Jeremy Corbyn backs boycott of Israeli universities involved in arms research
Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise frontrunner in the leadership election for the UK Labour Party, says he would impose a two-way arms embargo on Israel if he were to become prime….
Roger Waters sets the record straight: I hate apartheid, not Israel
Gideon Levy spent 24 hours with the former Pink Floyd singer, who has become one of the leading lights in the BDS movement. A conversation on political views, tragic family history – and when the rock star-turned-activist will be happy to play in Israel again.
What about Palestinian academic freedom?
The point of this article is to support the call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and projects funded by the Israeli state until Palestinian academic freedom is respected….
A traffic jam in the middle of the desert
The rendezvous was scheduled for 11:30 am, outside the Arlozorov Street Railway Station in Tel Aviv. I arrived at 11:35. “Three buses have already been filled, but don’t worry –….
A win for activists in University of California’s anti-Semitism debate
Adopting the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism has been tabled in favor of discussion of “tolerance”
The BDS Movement at 10: An interview with Omar Barghouti
Mondoweiss co-editors Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss talk with Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the BDS movement Omar Barghouti on the tenth anniversary of the Palestinian call for….