On Resources
links + recs from the Gaza teach-in
According to Save the Children, Israel has murdered more Palestinian children in 21 days than have been killed in war GLOBALLY since 2019. It was against this backdrop that we gathered online to hear from Palestinian writers, novelists, thinkers, lawyers and advocates. Tareq Baconi, Isabella Hammad, Noura Erakat, Diana Buttu, Omar Barghouti and Ahmed Eldin all spoke at the teach-in on Gaza. Though I’m not able to share a full video from the teach-in, I want to share some small snippets. Isabella Hammad described what’s happening as ‘unspeakable and yet we must speak.’ I have included all the panelists’ books below as well as resources that were mentioned during the teach-in alongside more readings and podcasts for those who want to learn more. I wish I could have included snippets from everyone speaking on Saturday - but it was two hours long. I want to thank all of you who signed up, turned up, and came to listen. If you weren’t there, then I hope you find the below interesting. Please do take the time to read Tareq’s interview in the New Yorker (listed below) and follow Ahmed online as he shares important clips from journalists and doctors in Gaza.
Below is Omar Barghouti speaking on the importance of solidarity:
Noura Erakat answering a question on the ‘two-state’ solution:
And Diana Buttu answering a question on why Israel has blockaded and besieged Gaza:
LINKS FROM THE TEACH-IN
US military funding to Israel - check your state/city https://uscpr.org/activist-resource/us-military-funding-to-israel-map/?
Omar Barghouti BDS op-ed https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/why-i-believe-the-bds-movement-has-never-been-more-important-than-now
Raz Segal on genocide https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide
Amira Hass on the 2,279 calorie count imposed on Gaza by Israel in 2012 https://www.haaretz.com/2012-10-17/ty-article/.premium/israels-gaza-quota-2-279-calories-a-day/0000017f-e0f2-d7b2-a77f-e3f755550000
Guardian article on Israel’s calorie count https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/17/israeli-military-calorie-limit-gaza
Petition for a ceasefire for UK citizens and residents https://t.co/2vnMrT5BHj
Tareq Baconi in the New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/where-the-palestinian-political-project-goes-from-here
Information on Gaza, Hamas and the Israeli blockade www.gazaincontext.com
Isabella Hammad on her novel Enter Ghost https://lithub.com/isabella-hammad-the-idea-of-apolitical-art-is-very-political/
Sharif Abdel Kouddous on continued Palestinian expulsion https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/20/israel-palestinians-egypt-west-bombs-rafah-border-crossing
Hala Alyan on the Palestinian Double Standard https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/opinion/palestine-war-empathy.html
Noura Erakat on The Dig Radio https://thedigradio.com/tag/noura-erakat and on Israel’s ‘right’ to defend themselves against a people they occupy https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/27551
Tareq Baconi on Hamas on The Dig Radio
Diana Buttu on MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/diana-buttu-everybody-has-focused-only-on-israel-s-security-leaving-the-palestinians-aside-194757189612 and https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/diana-buttu-former-spokesperson-for-the-plo-says-hamas-attack-in-israel-is-natural-consequence-of-military-occupation-194650693734
A second Nakba https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/14/a-second-nakba-echoes-of-1948-as-israel-orders-palestinians-to-leave
Ahmed Eldin on TRT https://twitter.com/ASE/status/1717334630641066420?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Gabriel Winant on Mourning and Statehood
Professor Rashid Khalidi on the worsening situation https://www.thedriftmag.com/a-desperate-situation-getting-more-desperate/
Fady Joudah on the Untranslatable Palestinian Flesh
Ariel Koren and Ellen Brotsky on genocide in Gaza
Isabella Hammad’s lecture Recognising the Stranger
The War on Palestine podcast
Ahmed Nehad essay The World has Never cared about Gaza’s Suffering