Israel is waging war on Palestinian prisoners. This piece by Lisa Hajjar and Basil Farraj is a devastating, necessary deep dive into Israel’s carceral system before and after Oct 7. MERIP merip.org/2024/09/israel…

NEW: "Israel is Waging War on Palestinian Prisoners" from Lisa Hajjar and باسل فراج Basil Farraj. An in-depth examination of carceralism's role in the war on Palestine. bit.ly/4cRiY4n

"In the current moment... the level and scope of violence and dehumanization perpetrated by Israeli soldiers, security agents and IPS staff against detainees and prisoners has extended the hot war into prisons." Read now from Lisa Hajjar باسل فراج Basil Farraj bit.ly/4cRiY4n

Gaza’s two major university campuses, Al-Azhar University and the Islamic University, before and after they were bombed and destroyed by Israel.

Andrew Ross: AAUP should adopt BDS in solidarity with the call from Palestinian academics, before there are none left. There are grounds to hold US universities responsible for programs in Israel that aren't accessible to classes of faculty & students.  jadaliyya.com/Details/46196

It will be lovely to discuss MSFG with Natasha Iskander, Ali Mirsepassi, and NYU students who informed the book in many ways

Here it is: all of Thawra in one place, on one feed, permanently: my 40-hour history of 20th century Arab politics with Abdel Razzaq Takriti عبدالرزاق التكريتي; the nationalist, communist, Baathist currents that mobilized against Western imperialism and Zionist settler colonialism. thedigradio.com/Thawra/

The The New Yorker has produced a remarkable database that lists investigations into potential war crimes committed by the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, during its War on Terror newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…

7 Translations & 7 Interviews in Memory of Elias Khoury, 1948-2024 arablit.org/2024/09/15/7-t…

These 1948-2024 passings, akh. Elias Khoury was a brilliant writer of fiction and non-fiction but also such a deft editor, especially of the political and intellectual contributions of colleagues in Shu’un Filastiniyya (the PLO journal), see issues from 1975-1979 in particular.

Yesterday, we learned of the passing of Elias Khoury, a giant of Lebanese political and literary life. Today we'll be spending some time with his contributions from our archive, and will share some reflections from MERIP editors in the newsletter. bit.ly/4azUqfY

Elias Khoury, RIP. From 1982: "The Israelis want to determine the political future within and among Lebanon and Syria, Palestine and Jordan. This is the aim of this war. Nasser was not able to do this. I think the Israelis are not able to do this." bit.ly/4gk7euh

NEW: We are publishing today a previously unreleased interview with Elias Khoury, conducted in 2022 by Ilan Pappé and to be included in a forthcoming volume edited by Pappé and MERIP Exec. Editor Katie Natanel, with thanks to our comrades Haymarket Books. bit.ly/47uxyOc

NEW: Uncommitted will NOT back Harris, no meeting w/ VP after DNC. VP’s “unwillingness to shift on unconditional weapons policy” or make a statement “upholding existing U.S. and international human rights law has made it impossible for us to endorse her.” theintercept.com/2024/09/19/unc…

Thank you to IMES for hosting a conversation about my book with historian Elizabeth Thompson, including my brief reading of an excerpt below:

Must read conversation between Elias Khoury and Ilan Pappé from the forthcoming collection ‘Palestine in a World on Fire’ ⁦⁦⁦Haymarket Books⁩. merip.org/2024/09/times-…

I am deeply honored to be taking over the Directorship of CMENA. Please follow us ⬇️ for more information on the Center and upcoming events. We'll be kicking things off October 14th with a discussion between Laleh Khalili 🇵🇸 and Nidhi on 🇵🇸 and the Red Sea (on Zoom!). 🔥