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Bisan Lecture Series – Etienne Balibar – Palestine, Ukraine and other wars of extermination: the local and the global
The next Bisan Lecture webinar will take place on December 13 at 7pm Palestine time (6pm Central European Time, 12 noon US Eastern time). We will have the pleasure to welcome Prof. Etienne Balibar (Paris-Ouest University) who will speak (in English with simultaneous Arabic translation for those who wish) on « Palestine, Ukraine and other wars of extermination: the local and the global ». You can register here.
Poet and scholar Refaat Alareer has been killed by an Israeli airstrike.
The Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Dr. Refaat Alareer was killed today in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children. He is survived by his wife, Nusayba, and their children.
Widespread destruction in Gaza puts concept of ‘domicide’ in focus
Concept is increasingly accepted in academia but is not a distinct crime against humanity under international law
Israel is not fighting against Hamas but against civilians, implementing a criminal policy of bombings
On Saturday, 2 December 2023, Israel bombed the neighborhood of Shuja’iyeh in Gaza City. The IDF Spokesperson declared that the goal was to kill Wissam Farhat, defining him as “the commander of Hamas’ Shuja’iyeh Battalion” who “led the battalion in Operation Protective Edge,” participated in planning attacks on Israelis, “took part in planning the ruthless attack in Israeli territory on 7 October, and sent the Nukhbah terrorists to the kibbutz and outpost of Nahal Oz that day.”
« Good evening, World, » the last words of the Palestinian writer Nour el-Din Haggag from Gaza
Nour el-Din Haggag, 27, Palestinian writer from Gaza. Israel murdered him on December 5th. He wanted to be heard, so he wrote this on 28 November. We hear you!
The Second Preliminary Report on the Cultural Sector Damage – War on Gaza Strip, October 7th – December 6th, 2023
During this genocidal war, all aspects of life are targeted without exception. As usual, the cultural life of the country is targeted as part of this relentless war against our people, which essentially aims to complete the Nakba plan that began in 1948. The grandson of the gang’s soldier who bombed the Red Cinema in Jaffa seventy-five years ago destroyed the Rashad Al-Shawwa Center in Gaza, and the same mentality that targeted the National Museum in Jerusalem during the Nakba days later targeted the Qarara Museum and the “Museum” afterward – Dr. Atef Abu Saif, Palestinian writer and the Palestinian Minister of Culture.
Civilian deaths in Gaza are a stain on Israel and its allies
Statement from Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council:
South Gaza’s Horror Scenario: 18,000 People per Square Km Without Water or Power
Any Israeli – including politicians – supporting a ground offensive in Khan Yunis must remember that after the war the final data will be placed on the desk of every foreign minister and media outlet in the world
Six Palestinians Die in Israeli Custody
Six Palestinians died in custody in recent weeks, including two in Megiddo Prison, one in Ktzi’ot, one in Ofer, and two others who were being illegally held by the military after their work permits were revoked.