settler colonialism

Palestinians wait at the Qalandia Checkpoint, which separates the West Bank and Jerusalem, on their way to pray at the Al Aqsa Mosque for Ramadan, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

‘For those who want peace, replacing Zionism is inevitable’

For many Palestinians in the West Bank, the minor shifts in Israeli politics are a long-awaited opportunity to challenge the traditional understanding of the occupation. By Yuval Abraham Ahmad, a former officer with the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence forces, retired two years ago. Every morning for 23 years — since the PA was established — he would drive to his…

By +972 Magazine October 2, 2019

A soldier guards the roadside checkpoint outside Srinagar International Airport in Jammu and Kashmir, India, January 2009. (Jrapczak/CC BY-SA 3.0)

What’s happening in Kashmir looks a lot like Israel’s rule over Palestine

By revoking autonomy from Kashmir, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking a page straight out of the Israeli playbook. By Abdulla Moaswes The last few weeks have seen a sharp escalation in tensions in the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the territory’s long-standing autonomy, putting it on lockdown and plunging the region into…

By +972 Magazine August 12, 2019

A Jewish settler watches as a caravan home in the illegal outpost of Ramat Gilad is removed, after which it was relocated in a another West Bank settlement March 14, 2012. (Roy Sharon/Flash90)

Turning settlers into victims

Netanyahu accuses two-state supporters of advocating ethnic cleansing. But state-sanctioned ethnic cleansing and human rights violations are what enabled the Jewish settlers to occupy Palestinian lands in the first place. By Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon Just a few weeks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he cares about the rights and lives of Palestinians…

By +972 Magazine September 12, 2016

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