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Lorenzo VERACINI, "Patrick Wolfe’s dialectics" (Aboriginal History, Volume 40, 2016: In Memoriam Patrick Wolfe, pp. 249-260): click here!
Patrick Wolfe’s Settler Colonialism and the Transformation of Anthropology appeared in 1998. Wolfe’s provocation was to look for settler colonialism in the ongoing subjection of indigenous peoples in settler societies.
Patrick WOLFE, " Settler Colonialism and the Elimination of the Native" (Journal of Genocide Research, Volume 8, 2006 - Issue 4), click here!
The question of genocide is never far from discussions of settler colonialism. Land is life - or, at least, land is necessary for life. Thus contests for land can be - indeed, often are - contests for life. Yet this is not to say that settler colonialism is simply a form of genocide. In some settler-colonial sites (one thinks, for instance, of Fiji), native society was able to accommodate - though hardly unscathed - the invaders and the transformative socioeconomic system that they introduced. Even in sites of wholesale expropriation such as Australia or North America, settler colonialism's genocidal outcomes have not manifested evenly across time or space...
"Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s speech on International Women’s Day, 2010" (maraahmed.com, May 30, 2013): click here!
Thank you for inviting me to this today. It is always an honour and a pleasure to be here, among you (at the European Parliament). However, I must admit I believe you should have invited a Palestinian woman at my stead, because the women who suffer most from violence in my county are the Palestinian women. And I would like to dedicate my speech to Miriam R`aban and her husband Kamal, from Bet Lahiya in the Gaza strip, whose five small children were killed by Israeli soldiers while picking strawberries at the family`s strawberry field. No one will ever stand trial for this murder...
"They try to equate Zionism and Judaism”- Interview with lecturer Eleonora Roldán Mendívil (FU Berlin) (Die Freiheitsliebe, 17 Jan, 2017): on this site
Lecturer Roldán Mendívil has been accused of anti-Semitism for calling Israel a colonialist and apartheid State. For the time being, her next academic assignment is suspended.

Pascal DEBRUYNE: "Ontsnappen aan de perpetuum mobile van geweld in Israël en Palestina" (MO*, 16 jan, 2017): click here!
Dat er grenzen zijn aan geweld is een terechte vaststelling van hoofdredacteur Karel Verhoeven van De Standaard. Dat Dyab Abou JahJah die grens zou hebben overschreden is, politiek én legaal gezien, erg betwijfelbaar. Dat betoogt onderzoeker Pascal Debruyne van de Universiteit Gent in een diepgaande analyse. Want welke grenzen zijn er dan wel aan het geweld en hoe is vrede nog mogelijk in Israël en Palestina?

Richard FALK: "2017: A year to recall three bleak Palestinian anniversaries" (Middle East Eye, Dec 27, 2016): click here!.
Only nonviolent resistance of Palestinians to their prolonged ordeal and transnational civil society activism seem to have any capacity to exert positive change to the status quo.

"Resolution 2334 (2016) Adopted by the Security Council at its 7853rd meeting, on 23 December 2016" (UN Security Council, 23 Dec, 2016): click here!

"Groundbreaking statement by 200 European Legal Scholars Upholds the Right to BDS for Palestinian Rights" (BDS Movement, Dec 8, 2016): click here! *Dutch version: klik hier! * Version française: cliquez ici!
Palestinians welcome statement as “a major blow to Israel’s repressive legal war” on the BDS movement: Renowned legal scholars and lawyers from 15 European countries consider BDS as “a lawful exercise of freedom of expression”. Palestinian BDS human rights defenders welcome the statement as a “defining moment” in asserting their right to boycott Israel to realize Palestinian rights

"Rector Torfs: Schenden Mensenrechten Ongeschikt Onderwerp voor Flauwe Grap" (Herman De Ley, De Wereld Morgen, 13 december, 2016): click here! Met aangepaste lijst (.docx): click here!

"Monsieur le Recteur Torfs, les violations des droits de l'homme ne sont pas un sujet de plaisanterie (de mauvais goût)" " (Herman De Ley, Pour la Palestine, 14 décembre 2016): click here!

Hagai EL AD: "B’Tselem klaagt 49 jaar bezetting Palestina aan in VN-Veiligheidsraad” (De Wereld Morgen, 25 okt, 2016): click here!
Op 14 oktober 2016 hield Hagai El-Ad, directeur van de Israëlische mensenrechtenorganisatie B’Tselem, een indrukwekkende toespraak voor de VN-Veiligheidsraad. In 2017 is de bezetting van de Palestijnse gebieden 50 jaar oud. In een bevlogen betoog neemt El-Ad zijn toehoorders mee naar wat dat betekent voor miljoenen Palestijnen.

Nadia NASER-NAJJAB: "A Palestinian perspective on the legacy of Shimon Peres” (+972, Sept 29, 2016): click here!
The distrust with which Palestinians treat the Israeli peace camp frequently appears as something of a surprise, and even affront, to international observers. But the difference between Israeli left and right is all too frequently one of degree, rather than kind.

C.J. POLYCHRONIOU & Lily SAGE: "'A Continuous War Mentality': Richard Falk on Israel's Human Rights Abuses" (truthout, Sept 10, 2016): click here!
Israel's treatment of Palestinians mirrors the abominable system of apartheid in South Africa, but many members of the "international community" who fueled the gradual delegitimization and eventual collapse of South Africa's apartheid regime are failing to apply similar pressure against Israel. In fact, many nations are even strengthening their ties with the Israeli government.

"Lawyer: Israeli authorities torture Palestinian minors during detention, interrogation" (Ma'an, Aug 21, 2016): click here!
Teenage Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers say they have been tortured, verbally abused, kicked, and slapped by Israeli interrogators during detention and interrogation, according to a lawyer from the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' Affairs, who recently conducted a series of visits with Palestinian teens in Israeli custody.

Avigail ABARBANEL: "The Palestine-Israel language trap" (Mondoweiss, Aug 19, 2016): click here!.
Last Saturday I attended a one-day conference on Israeli Settler-colonialism in Palestine organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) in Edinburgh. It was a moving and gripping day. All the speakers at the conference acknowledged, each in his own way, that speaking about settler-colonialism in Palestine-Israel clarifies and simplifies the narrative about what is really going on there.

Hatem BAZIAN: "Palestine's Wound" (Medium, October 18, 2015).
Robert COHEN: "Israel gets away with it because it is a global arms supplier — Jeff HALPER" (Mondoweiss, October 15, 2015).
David HEARST: "A new intifada for a new generation" (Middle East Eye, October 12, 2015).
Gideon LEVY: "Israel's Lawless Death Penalty Without Trial Buoyed by Cheers of the Masses". "In this way, one of the main reasons for this uprising’s eruption is demonstrated - the dehumanization of the Palestinians, whose life and death are worthless to the Israelis" (Haaretz, October 11, 2015).
Odeh BISHARAT: "Even the Brighter Side of Israel Demands Execution Without Trial". In Israel, the occupation is embraced in almost every home. It's no wonder that cop shot the woman with the knife so quickly (Haaretz, 11 October 2015).
Peter BEAUMONT: "Israeli occupation is root cause of Palestine conflict, says Marwan Barghouti". Jailed Palestinian leader calls on international community to tackle root cause of violence between Palestinians and Israelis (The Guardian, 11 October 2015).
Noam SHEIZAF: "Israel still holds all the cards" (+972, 11 October 2015).
Sawsan KHALIFE': "The heavy price of segregation and occupation" (+972, 9 October 2015).
Peter BEAUMONT: "Is a third Palestinian intifada on the way – or has it already begun?" Violence is escalating but it is not yet clear whether Palestinian society is united in a desire for another prolonged period of unrest (The Guardian, 5 October 2015).
Jesse RUBIN: "Throwing stones is part of Palestine’s struggle" (The Electronic Intifada, 5 October 2015).
Meron RAPOPORT: "Netanyahu faces possible civil war" (Middle East Eye, 5 October 2015).
Nasim AHMED: "With the rise of settler terrorism, can Israel still be described as a rational political actor?" (Middle East Monitor, 3 October 2015).
Sharif NASHASHIBI: At the UN, Abbas wastes another opportunity for Palestine" (Middle East Eye, 1 October 2015).
Sarah CHAMPION: "Gaza Is a Horrific Humanitarian Disaster That We Cannot Allow to Continue" (Huffington Post UK, 24/9/2015).
Rosemary SAYIGH: "The Price of Statelessness: Palestinian Refugees From Syria" (al-shabaka.org, 15 May 2013).
"Al-Aqsa, la révolte impuissante". "Alain Gresh et René Backmann analysent la dynamique de la violence à l’œuvre à Jérusalem-Est et l’intensification de la politique de judaïsation de la ville" (Association France Palestine Solidarité, 16 septembre 2015).

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§§§ "Ten Palestinian Children Killed in Three Weeks of Violence" (Defence for Children International - Palestine, Oct 21, 2015).

§§§ "136 attacks on medics, 47 dead and thousands injured, says Ministry of Health" (Palestine News Network, Oct 20, 2015).

§§§ "Palestinian Shot Dead By Israeli Army Fire In Hebron" (International Middle East Media Center, Oct 20, 2015).

§§§ "Birzeit University appeals to academic and human rights institutions to speak out against the crimes of the Israeli occupation." (Birzeit Univ., Oct 8, 2015).

§§§ "Israeli forces clash with, injure Palestinians at al-Quds University"(Ma'an news Agency, Oct 4, 2015).

Amira HASS: "Fodder for the Next Shin Bet 'Shooting and Crying' Documentary" "Israeli forces spent eight hours blowing up a Palestinian family's house piece by piece, all to arrest a wanted man - who turned out to be so dangerous that they released him two days later" (Haaretz, September 8, 2015).

Ali ABUNIMAH: "Palestinians worse off than ever as settler numbers soar, says UN" (The Electronic Intifada, 2015).

Robert ROSS: "One year later, Gaza is still in crisis" (Mondoweiss, August 26, 2015).

Bradley BURSTON: "It’s time to admit it. Israeli policy is what it is: Apartheid." "I used to be one of those people who took issue with the label of apartheid as applied to Israel. Not anymore" (Medium.com: Haaretz, August 17, 2015).

Kelly LYNN: "Israeli army night raids spread fear in West Bank." "Night raids, a common tactic in the occupied West Bank, are used to intimidate the Palestinian community, residents say." (aljazeera.com, August 15, 2015).
Gideon LEVY: "Mohammed Allaan’s Blood Is on Our Hands". "A state in whose prisons hundreds of people are confined without trial is not a democracy, and all the excuses about 'security' will not help" (Haaretz, August 16, 2015).
Daoud KUTTAB: "Israelis lean right toward one-state solution" (Al Monitor, August 10, 2015).

Kanya D'ALMEIDA: "Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank" (IPS, August 12, 2015).

Noam SHEIZAF: "No way to defeat Jewish terrorism without ending the occupation" (+972, August 2, 2015).
Susan ABULHAWA: "Brand Israel pretends the burning of a Palestinian baby is the act of extremists" (Middle East Eye, August 2, 2015).
Shahd ABUSALAMA: "The burning of a Palestinian child: not an exception, but a result of Zionism" (Mondoweiss, August 1, 2015).

"Expert Q&A: Killing with Impunity, Israel’s Two-Tiered Legal System" (IMEU - Institute for Middle East Understanding, July 22, 2015).

Ada FERRANT: "Zionistische gruwelen in Beit Hanoun" (Alexandrina.nl, July 19, 2015).

Ali ABUNIMAH: "Israeli colonel killed Palestinian teen as he ran away" (The Electronic Intifada, 9 July, 2015).

"During the past three months: Israel killed 12, injured 300 and arrested over 1.100 Palestinians" (Palestine News Network, July 2, 2015).

Noam SHEIZAF: "A most moral occupation: Keeping the prisoners in line" (+972, June 29, 2015).

Laith SHAKIR: "How Israel Weaponized Water" (Counterpunch, June 30, 2015).

Amira HASS: "In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers " (Haaretz, June 22, 2015).

Kate GOULD: "In letter to John Kerry, 19 reps stand up for Palestinian children behind bars" (Mondoweiss, June 24, 2015).

"Israeli settlers chop down 70 olive trees in Salfit, Nablus": (Ma'an News Agency, June 22, 2015).

Ben WHITE: "Israel’s obsession with hummus is about more than stealing Palestine’s food": (The National, May 23, 2015).

Bradley BURSTON: "A Special Place In Hell": "News Flash: We were all wrong. Israel is perfect, after all. Moral: Criticize at your peril" (Haaretz, June 9, 2015).

"Soldiers Expel Palestinians from Pool in Area A to Enable Settlers to Bathe Undisturbed" (B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, June 7, 2015).

Akiva ELDAR: "Israeli leadership ignores international warning signs" (Al Monitor, June 1, 2015).

Yehuda SHAUL: "Conflict in Gaza is all part of Israel’s indirect system of control over Palestinians " (New Statesman, May 26, 2015).

Uri AVNERY: "Who will save Israel?" (Gush Shalom, May 23, 2015).

Asa WINSTANLEY: "Hamas is keeping ISIS at bay in Gaza" (Middle East Monitor, May 16, 2015).

Marjan CLAES: "De ruïnes van Palestina" (MO*, 15 mei 2015).

Vacy VLAZNA: "The Nakba: Israel’s Catastrophe" (The Palestine Chronicle, May 12, 2015).

John BROWN*: "Next head of 'Civil Administration' said Palestinians are sub-human" (+972, May 8, 2015; * John Brown is the pseudonym of an Israeli academic and a blogger on +972′s Hebrew site, Local Call, where a version of this article was first published in Hebrew.).

Akiva ELDAR: "Bennett to advance Judaism, not democracy, in education system" (Al Monitor, May 4, 2015).

Uri SAVIR: "How Bibi uses settlements to block Palestinian state" (Jonathan Cook - The Blog from Nazareth, April 26, 2015).

Jonathan COOK: "Professors for Israel try to shut down Lancet" (Jonathan Cook - The Blog from Nazareth, April 24, 2015).

Ramzy BAROUD: "Stuck in Area A: How We Were Duped into Disowning the Palestinians" (The Palestine Chronicle, April 22, 2015).

Uri AVNERY: "There Are Still Judges..." [On the anti-boycott law] (April 18, 2015).

Talal ASAD: "Pourquoi est-ce que je soutiens le mouvement de boycott, désinvestissement et sanctions ?" (AURDIP, 13 avril, 2015).

Robert COHEN: "There is no better way than boycott" (Mondoweiss, April 12, 2015).

"Nearly 200 Palestinian children in Israeli jails" (Ma'an News Agency, April 1, 2015).

Ester GARAU & Stephanie WESTBROOK: "Mainstreaming BDS in Italy" (Mondoweiss, April 1, 2015).

Sam BAHOUR & Fida JIRYIS: "Why Land Day stil matters" (972+, March 30, 2014).

Yas MAHMOUDI: “La vie désastreuse des étudiants enfermés dans les prisons israéliennes » (AURDIP, 21 mars 2015).

"5 Palestinians dead, 150 injured by Israeli forces" (in one day) (Ma'an News Agency, Oct 16, 2015).

"New Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv amid Israeli crackdown". Palestinians with Israeli citizenships stage general strike inside Israel" (Middle East Eye, Oct 13, 2015).

"Gaza demo death toll rises as 7th dies from injuries" (Ma'an News Agency, Oct 10, 2015).

"Urgent News: 4 Palestinians killed and 500 injured" (MECA, Middle East Children's Alliance, Oct 6, 2015).

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Daoud KUTTAB: "Israelis lean right toward one-state solution" (Al Monitor, August 10, 2015).

Kanya D'ALMEIDA: "Settlement Expansion Largely Responsible for Violence in Occupied West Bank" (IPS, August 12, 2015).

Noam SHEIZAF: "No way to defeat Jewish terrorism without ending the occupation" (+972, August 2, 2015).
Susan ABULHAWA: "Brand Israel pretends the burning of a Palestinian baby is the act of extremists" (Middle East Eye, August 2, 2015).
Shahd ABUSALAMA: "The burning of a Palestinian child: not an exception, but a result of Zionism" (Mondoweiss, August 1, 2015).

"Expert Q&A: Killing with Impunity, Israel’s Two-Tiered Legal System" (IMEU - Institute for Middle East Understanding, July 22, 2015).

Ada FERRANT: "Zionistische gruwelen in Beit Hanoun" (Alexandrina.nl, July 19, 2015).

Ali ABUNIMAH: "Israeli colonel killed Palestinian teen as he ran away" (The Electronic Intifada, 9 July, 2015).

"During the past three months: Israel killed 12, injured 300 and arrested over 1.100 Palestinians" (Palestine News Network, July 2, 2015).

Noam SHEIZAF: "A most moral occupation: Keeping the prisoners in line" (+972, June 29, 2015).

Laith SHAKIR: "How Israel Weaponized Water" (Counterpunch, June 30, 2015).

Amira HASS: "In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers " (Haaretz, June 22, 2015).

"Israeli settlers chop down 70 olive trees in Salfit, Nablus": (Ma'an News Agency, June 22, 2015).

Ben WHITE: "Israel’s obsession with hummus is about more than stealing Palestine’s food": (The National, May 23, 2015).

Bradley BURSTON: "A Special Place In Hell": "News Flash: We were all wrong. Israel is perfect, after all. Moral: Criticize at your peril" (Haaretz, June 9, 2015).

"Soldiers Expel Palestinians from Pool in Area A to Enable Settlers to Bathe Undisturbed" (B'Tselem, The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, June 7, 2015).

Akiva ELDAR: "Israeli leadership ignores international warning signs" (Al Monitor, June 1, 2015).

Yehuda SHAUL: "Conflict in Gaza is all part of Israel’s indirect system of control over Palestinians " (New Statesman, May 26, 2015).

Uri AVNERY: "Who will save Israel?" (Gush Shalom, May 23, 2015).

Asa WINSTANLEY: "Hamas is keeping ISIS at bay in Gaza" (Middle East Monitor, May 16, 2015).

Marjan CLAES: "De ruïnes van Palestina" (MO*, 15 mei 2015).

Vacy VLAZNA: "The Nakba: Israel’s Catastrophe" (The Palestine Chronicle, May 12, 2015).

John BROWN*: "Next head of 'Civil Administration' said Palestinians are sub-human" (+972, May 8, 2015; * John Brown is the pseudonym of an Israeli academic and a blogger on +972′s Hebrew site, Local Call, where a version of this article was first published in Hebrew.).

Akiva ELDAR: "Bennett to advance Judaism, not democracy, in education system" (Al Monitor, May 4, 2015).

Uri SAVIR: "How Bibi uses settlements to block Palestinian state" (Jonathan Cook - The Blog from Nazareth, April 26, 2015).

Jonathan COOK: "Professors for Israel try to shut down Lancet" (Jonathan Cook - The Blog from Nazareth, April 24, 2015).

Ramzy BAROUD: "Stuck in Area A: How We Were Duped into Disowning the Palestinians" (The Palestine Chronicle, April 22, 2015).

Uri AVNERY: "There Are Still Judges..." [On the anti-boycott law] (April 18, 2015).

Talal ASAD: "Pourquoi est-ce que je soutiens le mouvement de boycott, désinvestissement et sanctions ?" (AURDIP, 13 avril, 2015).

Robert COHEN: "There is no better way than boycott" (Mondoweiss, April 12, 2015).

"Nearly 200 Palestinian children in Israeli jails" (Ma'an News Agency, April 1, 2015).

Ester GARAU & Stephanie WESTBROOK: "Mainstreaming BDS in Italy" (Mondoweiss, April 1, 2015).

Sam BAHOUR & Fida JIRYIS: "Why Land Day stil matters" (972+, March 30, 2014).

Yas MAHMOUDI: “La vie désastreuse des étudiants enfermés dans les prisons israéliennes » (AURDIP, 21 mars 2015).

Adalah- The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel: "In Israel, racism is the winning ballot" (The Electronic Intifada, March 27, 2015).

David GLICK: "In Israel the Mask is Finally Off" (Mondoweiss, March 25, 2015).

Neve GORDON: "Israel Votes Apartheid. The End of the Liberal Zionist Façade" (Counterpunch, March 20-22, 2015).

"The Strategic Torture and Dehumanization of Palestinian Youth" (Citizen World News, posted on March 20, 2015 by Palestine Ninja ).

Eve FAIRBANKS: "The battle to be Israel's conscience [on B'Tselem]" (The Guardian, March 12, 2015).

"Israeli forces uproot 300 olive trees in Nablus" (Ma'an News Agency, March 9, 2015).

Thalif DEEN: "'Wederopbouw Gaza kan wel honderd jaar duren'". (MO*, 4 maart, 2015).

Joe CATRON: "Middle East Quartet Joins Israel In Attempts To Freeze Palestinians Into Submission". (Mint Press News, March 5, 2015).

Stephanie WESTBROOK: "Did Rome college censor Ilan Pappe' because of 'zionist intimidation'?" (The Electronic Intifada, 2 March 2015).

"The Real Existential Threat to Israel" (Haaretz Editorial, 4 March 2015) (via Facebook). Zie ook: Lode VANOOST: “Apartheid is de echte existentiële dreiging voor Israël” (De Wereld Morgen, 4 maart 2015).

Serge HALIMI: "Netanyahou, président de la droite américaine?" (MondeDiplomatique.fr, 4 mars 2015).

Ludo DE BRABANDER: "Europees onderzoeksgeld voor Israëlische defensie-industrie?" (Uitpers, 24 februari, 2015).

Philip WEISS: "Pro-Israel parliamentary group in Europe says Israelis suffered ‘worst’ of Gaza conflict" (Mondoweiss, January 20, 2015).

Marjorie COHN: "Oorlogsmisdaden Israël op een rij" (De Wereld Morgen, 27 februari, 2015; oorspr. "Tallying Israeli War Crimes", op Consortiumnews.com, August 8, 2014, vert. door P.Bakker, in Soemoed, jg 42 nr. 6).

Gideon LEVY: "Israel is galloping to the next war in Gaza" (Haaretz, February 26, 2015) (via Facebook).

Jonathan COOK: "Israel's New Asian Allies" (The Palestine Chronicle, February 24, 2015).

Francis JORISSEN: "Bouwen op de Westelijke Jordaanoever" (Uitpers, 15 februari, 2015).

Leah R. PLATKIN: "Palestinian youth face psychological trauma and educational neglect following Israeli detention" (Mondoweiss, February 5, 2015).

Mel FRYKBERG: "Palestijnse kinderen doelwit Israëlische arrestatiecampagne" (MO* 16 februari, 2015).

Akiva ELDAR: "What does it mean to be a modern Zionist?" (Al Monitor, February 11, 2015).

Gideon LEVY: "The death of the Israeli left" (Middle East Eye, 4 February 2015).

Ilan PAPPÉ: "La destruction d’al-Aqsa n’a rien d’une théorie de la conspiration " (Pour la Palestine, 12 nov 2015): click here!
« Il est inutile », affirme le personnage du ‘colonisateur’ du pamphlet classique d’Albert Memmi, « Le colonisateur et les colonisés », « d’essayer de prévoir les actions des colonisés (‘Ils sont imprévisibles ! Avec eux, on ne sait jamais !’). » Il semble, aux yeux du colonisateur, qu’« une impulsivité étrange et dérangeante contrôle les colonisés ».

Fact Sheet: "Notorious massacres of Palestinians between 1937 & 1948" (Medium, 13 May, 2015): click here!

Ian BLACK: "Remembering the Nakba: Israeli group puts 1948 Palestine back on the map" (The Guardian, May 2, 2014): click here!
Zochrot aims to educate Israeli Jews – through tours and a new phone app – about a history obscured by enmity and denial.

Saeb EREKAT: "Israel Can't Erase the Nakba From History" (Haaretz, May 15, 2013): click here!
Palestine recognized Israel's right to exist in 1988, but Israel's government is asking Palestinians to deny the existence of our people and the horrors that befell us in 1948.

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