A Culture of Defiance
The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue The Heba Zagout Cultural Resistance Prize & ECPS & Palestine Chronicle Special Issue
Nadia Naser-Najjab & Ilan Pappe
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Breaking the Taboo: Palestine and Armed Resistance
By Thinking Palestine Editors Introducing this issue, the editors confront the taboo surrounding Palestinian armed...
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The Gun and the Olive Branch: Anti-Colonial Armed Struggle from South Africa to Palestine
By Ronnie Kasrils Drawing on South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle, Ronnie Kasrils examines how armed resistance,...
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The Other Side of the Struggle: The Untold History of Palestinian Women’s Resistance
By Romana Rubeo Romana Rubeo traces nearly a century of Palestinian women’s resistance, restoring organizers,...
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Was Hamas Created by Israel? The Myth that Erases Palestinian Agency
By Robert Inlakesh Robert Inlakesh challenges claims that Israel created or propped up Hamas, showing...
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Outsmarting the Sky: The Secret History of Gaza’s Subterranean Resistance
By Ramzy Baroud Tracing Gaza’s armed struggle from ancient defenses to modern tunnel warfare,...
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Palestine Resists: From Fanon and Kanafani to Armed Struggle and Return
By Tahrir Hamdi Drawing on anti-colonial thinkers and Palestine’s revolutionary history, Tahrir Hamdi argues that...
‘The Paradigm is Shifting’: Anti-Zionist Jewish Congress Calls for a New Political Future
By Thinking Palestine Editors The Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress (JAZIC) was held in Dublin from June 25 to 28, 2026. JAZIC is a growing international...
‘Resistance is What Achieves Change’: Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa’s Lessons for Palestine
Drawing on South Africa’s liberation struggle, Ronnie Kasrils argued that organized resistance, international solidarity and political action remain Palestine’s strongest tools. From Defiance to Resistance...
‘Not That Game Anymore’: Ramzy Baroud Calls for Liberation, Not ‘Solutionism’
By Thinking Palestine Editors In his final remarks, Ramzy Baroud argued Palestinian liberation must prioritize ending genocide before debating future political arrangements. At the Second...
‘Law Not Built to Protect Oppressed’: Mira Hammad on Defending Palestine in the Courtroom
By Thinking Palestine Editors At the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, barrister Mira Hammad argued Britain’s legal system increasingly criminalizes conscience while shielding state complicity. For...
‘We Need Convivencia’: Haim Bresheeth Envisions Palestine after Zionism
By Thinking Palestine Editors Israeli anti-Zionist scholar Haim Bresheeth-Žabner argues that only a single democratic state—not partition—can deliver justice, equality and decolonization in Palestine. For...
‘Don’t Ask Politicians—Force Them’: José Nivoi on Why Workers Can Stop the War Machine
By Thinking Palestine Editors At the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, Italian dockworker José Nivoi argued workers can disrupt war by refusing complicity in military supply...
‘It Is Time for Palestinians to Speak’: Lubna Speitan Calls for Political Action beyond Protest
By Thinking Palestine Editors In her remarks, Lubna Speitan urged activists to transform solidarity into political organization led by Palestinian voices and rights. At the...
‘Father, Will We Still Be Alive Tomorrow?’: A Gaza Doctor’s Appeal from JAZIC
By Thinking Palestine Editors Speaking live from Gaza, Dr. Eyad Amawi told the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress that genocide destroys not only lives but society...
‘Freedom is a Verb’: Ronnie Barkan on Why Direct Action Needs No Permission
By Thinking Palestine Editors At the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, Ronnie Barkan argued direct action becomes a moral duty when governments enable injustice and criminalize...
‘Our Governments Haven’t Failed—They’ve Succeeded’: Andrew Feinstein on Direct Action
By Thinking Palestine Editors At the Second Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress, Andrew Feinstein argued Western governments enable Israel’s genocide by design, making direct action indispensable. When...
Ilan Pappé
is a professor at the University of Exeter. He was formerly a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Haifa.
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is Senior lecturer in Palestine Studies, European Centre for Palestine Studies- Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter.
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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Professor Ilan Pappé and Dr Ghada Karmi founded the European Centre for Palestinian Studies (ECPS) in 2009 in the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (IAIS) at Exeter University (Russell Group).
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