#ilan pappé

[luthienne]

from The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, written by Israeli historian Ilan Pappé

#ilan pappé #the ethnic cleansing of palestine #words #lit #typography #israeli literature #settler colonialism #on zionism #palestine #free palestine

[queersatanic]

[This post is a series of images from an infographic by the Slow Factory Foundation originally posted May 2021. The first image is a photo with text over it. The photo shows a massive fireball in the middle of a group of buildings, with a massive black cloud rising from the flames that is bigger than the buildings themselves. The building just behind the fireball is low, rectangular, and lit up bright orange. Behind that building, there is a city lit up at night. Hundreds of buildings stretching into the distance, a thousand glimmering lights.]

What is happening in Palestine is not complicated; it's settler colonialism & ethnic cleansing.

Debunking Misinformation around Palestine.

Myth ❌ Palestine and Israel are in "conflict."

Fact ✅ What is happening in Palestine is settler colonialism, military occupation, land theft and ethnic cleansing. A conflict means there is equal footing, which is not the case. There is an active oppressor (Israel) and an oppressed (Palestine). A colonizer (Israel) and a colonized (Palestine). This is not a conflict.

[Three images of headlines with the word 'conflict' crossed out in red ink.]

Note: According to the Congressional Research Service,

Israeli military occupation has been supported by US aid with $3.8bn a year paid for by U.S. tax dollars since 2016 for the next 10 years.

It's also supported by other colonial countries including Canada, Australia, France and Belgium.

Myth ❌ Before Israel came to Palestine, it was "just a desert" and Israel made the desert green.

Fact ✅ Before the occupation of Israel, Palestine had green, rich and lush land. In fact, Palestine respected the biodiversity of their Indigenous land: Palestinians were producing 92% of Palestine's grain, 99% of its olives and 95% of its melons to name a few.

Since Israel's occupation, biodiversity has decreased. Israel removed Indigenous plants from the land to plant European Invasive species. This phenomenon is called green colonialism, which has been discussed in depth by many, including Naomi Klein in "Let Them Drown."

Myth ❌ Sheikh Jarrah is the only neighborhood in Palestine that is in danger.

Fact ✅ Israel has been gradually stealing Palestinian land, destroying and ethnically cleansing entire Palestinian villages, violently displacing families and building illegal settlements on top them since the first Nakba ('catastrophe' in Arabic) in 1948, where almost 600 Palestinian villages were destroyed, Palestinian history erased and half the Palestinian population were expelled from their homes.

Myth (cont'd.) ❌ Sheikh Jarrah is the only neighborhood in Palestine that is in danger.

Fact ✅ Over the past few decades, the state of Israel has continued the settler colonial project, and Sheikh Jarrah is the latest and not the last neighborhood being violently threatened with dispossession, which Israel has no legal right to do.

[Images of a map showing the drastic decrease in Palestinian landmass from 1946 to 2019. In 1946, Palestine was 99% Palestinian land. In 1947, it decreased to 40%. In 1967, to 30%. And in 2019, less than 20% of Palestine is Palestinian land. The remaining areas are being encroached on by occupied Palestinian land, meaning occupied by Israelis. The rest is Israeli land.]

The mainstream media has been supporting these myths by spreading misinformation that conceal Israel's ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestine by saying it's a two-sided conflict, framing Palestinian resistance as terrorism and normalizing the state of Israel.

To learn more about Palestine and the ongoing fight for liberation, follow Palestinian-led organizations, media and frontline activists. [@Instagram / Facebook]

@theimeu / Institute for Middle East Understanding ( IMEU )

@eye.on.palestine

@palestinianyouthmovement / Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)- حركة الشباب الفلسطيني

@jewishvoiceforpeace / Jewish Voice for Peace

@visualizing_palestine / Visualizing Palestine

@wolpalestine [Censored by Meta]

@mohammedelkurd / Mohammed El-Kurd

@muna.elkurd15 / Muna Nabeel Elkurd

@nouraerakat / Noura Erakat

Sources & Suggested Reading

Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

Let Them Drown by Naomi Klein

Black Power and Palestine by Michael Fischbach

Orientalism by Edward Said

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

Palestine by Joe Sacco

"Zionist Logic — Malcolm X on Zionism" in The Egyptian Gazette, Sept. 17, 1964

On Palestine by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé

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[a-typical]

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé (2006)

#the rejoicing that must have occurred - i can imagine word spread fast #zionists probably took this as a personal attack by nature. good. #The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine #Ilan Pappé #Palestine #Israel #Free Palestine #Free Gaza #ethnic cleansing #zionism #nsnv #colonialism #atypicalreads #politics #history #state of israel #nonfiction #olive trees #Ilan Pappe #mujaydil #conifers #natural flora #indigenous #cypress #pine #trees #migdal ha-emek #jnf #jewish national fund #green lungs

[huariqueje]

“History lies at the core of every conflict. A true and unbiased understanding of the past offers the possibility of peace. The distortion or manipulation of history, in contrast, will only sow disaster.” ― Ilan Pappé, Ten Myths About Israel

#Ilan Pappé #israeli historian #current events #Gaza genocie #Palestine #ethnic cleansing #israel apartheid state #history #conflict #israel occupation #colonialism #israel crimes against humanity #goodreads #informed

[garadinervi]

Vittorio Arrigoni, (2009), Gaza. Stay Human, With a Preface by Ilan Pappé, Translated by Daniela Filippin, Kube Publishing, Markfield, (2010-)2011, pp. 80-84 (pdf here)

#graphic design #book #vittorio arrigoni #ilan pappé #daniela filippin #kube publishing #publishers for palestine #2000s #2010s

[sweetestbaby]

"It is important to understand what life is like in Gaza when Israel's behavior is "restrained", in between the regular manufactured crises (...). A good sense is given in a report to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) by Mads Gilbert, the courageous and expert Norwegian physician who has worked extensively in Gaza (...). In every respect, the situation is disastrous. Just keeping to children, Gilbert reports: "Palestinian children in Gaza are suffering immensely. A large proportion are affected by the man-made malnourishment regime caused by the Israeli imposed blockage. Prevalence of anaemia in children under 2 years in Gaza is at 72.8 percent, while prevalence of wasting, stunting, underweight have been documented at 34.3 percent, 31.4 percent, 31.45 percent respectively." (...) When Israel is on "good behavior", more than two Palestinian children are killed every week, a pattern that goes back over fourteen years. The underlying cause is the criminal occupation and the programs to reduce Palestinian life to bare survival in Gaza, while Palestinians are restricted to unviable cantons in the West Bank and Israel takes over what it wants, all in gross violation of international law and explicit Security Council resolutions, not to speak of minimal decency. And it will continue as long as it is supported by Washington and tolerated by Europe - to our everlasting shame."

from Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky's 2015 book On Palestine.

#free palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #boycott israel #boycott divest sanction #palestine #ilan pappé #noam chomsky

[gregor-samsung]

" Hamas divenne un attore significativo sul campo anche grazie alla politica israeliana di appoggio alla costruzione di un’infrastruttura educativa islamica a Gaza, che intendeva bilanciare la presa del movimento laico Fatah sulla popolazione locale. Nel 2009 Avner Cohen, che aveva prestato servizio nella Striscia di Gaza nel periodo in cui, alla fine degli anni ’80, Hamas iniziò a prendere il potere, ed era responsabile degli affari religiosi nei Territori occupati, dichiarò al «Wall Street Journal»: «Hamas, con mio grande rammarico, è una creazione di Israele». Cohen spiega come Israele abbia aiutato l’organizzazione benefica al-Mujama al-Islamiya (il «Centro islamico»), fondato da Sheikh Ahmed Yassin nel 1979, a diventare un potente movimento politico, da cui emerse Hamas nel 1987. Sheikh Yassin, un religioso islamico disabile e semi-cieco, fondò Hamas e ne fu il leader spirituale fino al suo assassinio nel 2004. Originariamente venne avvicinato da Israele con un’offerta di aiuto e la promessa del benestare governativo all’espansione della sua organizzazione. Gli israeliani speravano che, attraverso la sua opera di beneficenza e le sue attività educative, questo leader carismatico avrebbe fatto da contrappeso al potere di Fatah nella Striscia di Gaza e altrove. È interessante notare che alla fine degli anni ’70 Israele, gli Stati Uniti e la Gran Bretagna vedevano nei movimenti nazionali laici (di cui oggi lamentano l’assenza) il peggior nemico dell’Occidente.

Nel suo libro To Know the Hamas, il giornalista israeliano Shlomi Eldar racconta una storia affine sui forti legami tra Yassin e Israele. Con la benedizione e il sostegno di Israele il Centro islamico aprì un’università nel 1979, un sistema scolastico indipendente e una rete di circoli e moschee. Nel 2014 il «Washington Post» trasse conclusioni molto simili sulla stretta relazione tra Israele e il Centro islamico fino alla nascita di Hamas nel 1988. Nel 1993 Hamas divenne il principale oppositore degli accordi di Oslo. Mentre c’era ancora chi appoggiava Oslo la sua popolarità diminuì, ma non appena Israele cominciò a rinnegare quasi tutti gli impegni assunti durante i negoziati il supporto verso Hamas crebbe, dando nuova linfa vitale al movimento. La politica di insediamento di Israele e il suo uso eccessivo della forza contro la popolazione civile nei Territori giocarono sicuramente un ruolo importante. La popolarità di Hamas tra i palestinesi non dipendeva però unicamente dal successo o dal fallimento degli accordi di Oslo, ma anche dal fatto che l’organizzazione avesse effettivamente conquistato i cuori e le menti di molti musulmani (che sono la maggioranza nei Territori occupati) per via dell’incapacità dei movimenti laici nel trovare soluzioni all’occupazione. Come per altri gruppi politici islamici in tutto il mondo arabo, il fallimento dei movimenti laici nel creare posti di lavoro e nel garantire benessere economico e sicurezza sociale spinse molte persone a tornare alla religione, che offriva conforto e reti stabili di supporto e solidarietà. Nell’intero Medio Oriente, come nel mondo in generale, la modernizzazione e la secolarizzazione hanno giovato a pochi e hanno lasciato molti infelici, poveri e amareggiati. La religione sembrava una panacea, oltre che un’opzione politica. "

Ilan Pappé, Dieci miti su Israele, traduzione di Federica Stagni, postfazione di Chiara Cruciati, Tamu editore, 2022. [Libro elettronico]

[Edizione originale: Ten Myths About Israel, New York: Verso, 2017]

#Ilan Pappé #Dieci miti su Israele #Federica Stagni #Palestina #Chiara Cruciati #Hamas #Gaza #Israele #questione palestinese #Medio Oriente #letture #saggistica #saggi #citazioni #repressione #leggere #libri #conflitto israelo-palestinese #Territori palestinesi #pulizia etnica #genocidio #crimini di guerra #sionismo #Cisgiordania #Territori occupati #resistenza #politiche securitarie #Avner Cohen #Fatah #accordi di Oslo

[liberashen]

“After such a long period, the term “occupation” becomes somewhat redundant and irrelevant. Two generations of Palestinians have already lived under this regime. Although they themselves will still call it occupation, what they are living through is rooted in something else much harder to defeat or change—colonization.”

— Ilan Pappé

#settler colonialism #gaza #Palestine #free Palestine #liberation #quote #anti imperialism #ilan pappé

[septictankie]

Get “Ten Myths About Israel” by Ilan Pappé as an ebook ABSOLUTELY FREE

The outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel.

The "ten myths"--repeated endlessly in the media, enforced by the military, and accepted without question by the world's governments--reinforce the regional status quo and include:

- Palestine was an empty land at the time of the Balfour Declaration.

- The Jews were a people without a land.

- There is no difference between Zionism and Judaism.

- Zionism is not a colonial project of occupation.

- The Palestinians left their Homeland voluntarily in 1948.

- The June 1967 War was a war of 'No Choice'.

- Israel is the only Democracy in the Middle East.

- The Oslo Mythologies

- The Gaza Mythologies

- The Two-State Solution

#socialism #communism #marxism #politics #capitalism #history #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #palestinians #israeli #Ilan Pappé #Zionism

[ahaura]

Ilan Pappe on Israel: "We are witnessing the beginning of the end", via Middle East Eye (Dec. 7)

#palestine #israel #ilan pappé #geopol #📁.zip

[redshift-13]

"Yuval Steinitz, chairman of the foreign affairs and defense committee in the Knesset and a close aide to Benjamin Netanyahu, was interviewed on Israeli radio. Before becoming a politician, he had taught Western philosophy at the University of Haifa. Steinitz claimed that his worldview had been shaped by Descartes, but it seems that as a politician he was more influenced by romantic nationalists such as Gobineau and Fichte, who stressed purity of race as a precondition for national excellence. The translation of these European notions of racial superiority into the Israeli context became evident as soon as the interviewer asked him about the government’s plans for the remaining Palestinian leaders. Interviewer and interviewee giggled as they agreed that the policy should involve the assassination or expulsion of the entire current leadership, that is all the members of the Palestinian Authority—about 40,000 people. “I am so happy,” Steinitz said, “that the Americans have finally come to their senses and are fully supporting our policies.” On the same day, Benny Morris of Ben-Gurion University repeated his support for the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, claiming that this was the best way of solving the conflict."

-Ilan Pappé. Ten Myths About Israel (p. 122)

(Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian, political scientist and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European Centre for Palestine Studies, and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies.[wikipedia])

#israel #palestine #history of zionism #ilan pappé #yuval steinitz

[luthienne]

Ilan Pappé, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

#ilan pappé #the ethnic cleansing of palestine #words #lit #typography #israel #palestine #free palestine #israeli literature

[mounadiloun]

Les 2 Kooks ou le nazisme sioniste

Ilan Pappé fait partie de ce qu’on a appelé les «nouveaux historiens» de l’entité sioniste, c’est-à-dire des chercheurs qui sur la base d’un travail classique d’historiens ont remis en cause le conte fabriqué par la propagande sioniste et qui a été vendu aux opinions publiques du monde occidental. Parmi les mythes que ces historiens ont contredit on a la fameuse thèse selon laquelle en 1948 les…

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[a-typical]

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé (2006)

#The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine #Ilan Pappé #Palestine #Israel #Free Palestine #Free Gaza #ethnic cleansing #zionism #nsnv #colonialism #Nakba #atypicalreads #politics #history #state of israel #ideology #nonfiction #Ilan Pappe #west bank #nakba #Galilee #UN #United Nations #UN Secretary General #1948

[huariqueje]

Israeli historian and professor Ilan Pappé ...new generation israelis far more right-wing , far more extremist, far more Zionist, far more racist are being ...

#Ilan Pappé #israeli historian #Palestine #Gaza genocide #ethnic cleansing #israel apartheid state #ICJ #israel occupation #current events #justice for palestines #history #informed

[garadinervi]

Vittorio Arrigoni, (2009), Gaza. Stay Human, With a Preface by Ilan Pappé, Translated by Daniela Filippin, Kube Publishing, Markfield, (2010-)2011, pp. 36-41 (pdf here)

#graphic design #book #vittorio arrigoni #ilan pappé #daniela filippin #kube publishing #publishers for palestine #2000s #2010s