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Beyond Apartheid: The case for a one-state solution

Oct 28, 2024 | newint.org | Ghada Karmi

Among the most serious of the many destructive effects of the ongoing war on Palestine is that it may set back the search for a solution to the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict for years to come. Despite five Arab-Israeli wars, a plethora of UN resolutions and numerous international peace proposals since 1967, nothing has succeeded in producing a solution acceptable to all sides.
The True Lesson Of October 7 Is That Israel Cannot Be Reformed

Oct 9, 2024 | popularresistance.org | Ghada Karmi

Above photo: Israeli tanks carve a Star of David into a field in Gaza during Israel’s ongoing ground invasion of Gaza. This photo was shared by Daniel Hagari on the @IDFSpokesperson X/Twitter account on November 17, 2023. The year since October 7 has shown us that Israel can neither be accommodated nor reformed. It must be dismantled, and Zionism must be brought to an end. Only this will finally alleviate the Palestinians’ terrible ordeal over the past 76 years.
The true lesson of October 7 is that Israel cannot be reformed

Oct 8, 2024 | mondoweiss.net | Ghada Karmi

As we come up to the first anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza, I think back to 1948, when Israel was first created. Our family lived in Jerusalem, where I was born. But, like most of Palestine’s population, we were forced out from our homes in 1948 to make room for the state of Israel being created in our place. Learning to live in exile, people’s one comfort was the thought that Israel would not last.
I Have Lived Through Two Nakbas

Oct 4, 2024 | novaramedia.com | Ghada Karmi

15 May 1948. 7 October 2023. The day the two Nakbas began. I lived through the first and am now helplessly watching the second. Nakba One was bad enough. Roughly 65% of Palestine’s inhabitants were ethnically cleansed – the polite term for ‘expelled’ – from their homeland. Among them was my family, forced out of our Jerusalem home in April 1948.
Ghada Karmi: “The physical damage of Israel’s assault is real enough. The mental trauma will be far worse”

Aug 10, 2024 | newstatesman.com | Ghada Karmi

Israel’s military assault on Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas attacks on 7 October was inevitable. But it went far beyond what might be considered proportional retribution. Military operations on this scale are usually indiscriminate, but from the beginning Israeli bombing targeted medical facilities and healthcare personnel, including doctors.
After the war on Gaza ends, what does the future hold?

May 14, 2024 | trtworld.com | Ghada Karmi

May 15 marks the 76th anniversary of the establishment of Israel in what until 1948 was Palestine. From a Palestinian point of view, Israel's creation was an unmitigated disaster, both then and now. It led to the expulsion and flight of three-quarters of Palestine's native population, who were dispossessed of their land and property. They were never allowed to return, or ever compensated for their losses, in blatant violation of international law.
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

Apr 15, 2024 | transcend.org | Andreas Malm |Ghada Karmi

Andreas Malm | Verso Books - TRANSCEND Media Service The last six months of genocide in Gaza have ushered in a new phase in a long history of colonization and extraction that reaches back to the nineteenth century. A true understanding of the present crisis requires a longue durée analysis of Palestine’s subjugation to fossil empire. 8 Apr 2024 – So we are now clocking half a year of this genocide.
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

Apr 8, 2024 | versobooks.com | Andreas Malm |Ghada Karmi

This essay is a lightly edited version of a lecture given at the American University of Beirut, The Center for Arts and Humanities and Critical Humanities for the Liberal Arts on 4 April. We use the image above, White Phosphorous #2, with permission from the artist, Rafat Asad. Rafat is a Palestinian artist based in Ramallah. So we are now clocking half a year of this genocide.
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

Apr 8, 2024 | versobooks.com | Andreas Malm |Ghada Karmi

This essay is a lightly edited version of a lecture given at the American University of Beirut, The Center for Arts and Humanities and Critical Humanities for the Liberal Arts on 4 April. We use the image above, White Phosphorous #2, with permission from the artist, Rafat Asad. Rafat is a Palestinian artist based in Ramallah. So we are now clocking half a year of this genocide.
The Destruction of Palestine Is the Destruction of the Earth

Apr 8, 2024 | versobooks.com | Andreas Malm |Ghada Karmi

This essay is a lightly edited version of a lecture given at the American University of Beirut, The Center for Arts and Humanities and Critical Humanities for the Liberal Arts on 4 April. We use the image above, White Phosphorous #2, with permission from the artist, Rafat Asad. Rafat is a Palestinian artist based in Ramallah. So we are now clocking half a year of this genocide.