#Noura Erakat

[ladychlo]

"here lie those who loved life and could not find a way to live it" x

#هنا يرقد من أحبوا الحياة و لم يستطيعوا إليها سبيلا #Palestine #gaza #genocide #noura erakat

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#palestine #free palestine #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine free palestine free palestine #never forget #noura erakat #gaza

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[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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#the slow factory #palestine #gaza #angela davis #naomi klein #michael fischbach #edward said #joe sacco #malcolm x #noam chomsky #ilan pappé #Noura Erakat #Muna Nabeel Elkurd #Mohammed El-Kurd #Eye On Palestine #IMEU #Palestinian Youth Movement #Jewish Voice for peace #Visualizing Palestine

[keluang-hijau]

Via Noura Erakat:

I wrote this in 2014, during the third major Israeli assault on Gaza. The propaganda has not changed and no myths have become truth by sheer force of repetition. Neither are journalists any more skeptical of these patently false claims now. But the dam is breaking. Keep pushing.

Link to article: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive /five-israeli-talking-points-gaza-debunked/

From 2014, it's an old article, and yet the same talking points can still be applied to today's atrocities that happened. This inhumanity has gone for far too long. Don't stop talking and supporting a free Palestine 🇵🇸

#palestine #israel #free palestine #free gaza #gaza #gaza under attack #palestine 🇵🇸 #noura erakat #palestine will be free #Instagram

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Noura Erakat short IG live about the ruling. Dr. Noura Erakat is an American legal scholar specializing in human rights and international law. Her book, Justice for Some, highlights legal inequalities that Palestinians face under Israeli apartheid. More info on her on her website: http://www.nouraerakat.com/

Her above Instagram live is 5 mins long. Original insta link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2kNBRFAhZx/

Note that words like "chance of" and "risk of" are necessary from a legal perspective.

This post and insta live are not a substitute for in-depth research. I had about 20 minutes to throw it together bc I'm at work right now. More analysis at Al Jazeera; please read there as well: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/26/live-icj-to-issue-preliminary-ruling-in-south-africa-genocide-case-against-i

Key takeaways for anyone who can't watch the video I am not a lawyer; if you have headphones and can understand English without subtitles, please watch the video and don't read my summary:

This ruling stated that further action should be taken, further investigation into the genocide should be done, meaning it is more likely other countries/avenues can prosecute Israel. It easily could have gone the other way and been shut down. That's what Israel wanted. That's not what Israel got.

Erakat's primary feeling was relief, especially knowing that this court decision could be a great source of harm. It easily could have ruled that there was no genocide happening, and it did not do this.

This decision largely vindicated the voices of Palestinians by saying Israel was committing or failing to prevent genocide, and that there is risk of irreparable harm from Israel's actions. If the court had not done this, it would have been far worse, and that was a genuine possibility.

Getting the ICJ to demand a ceasefire was always a long shot (she does not elaborate re: why, but I trust her scholarship on this,) and so having the court uphold every provisional measure except the ceasefire was a really big win.

If the ICJ had ordered a ceasefire, it would still have been unenforceable.

This ruling gives valuable precedent for other countries to impose sanctions and/or condition aid to Israel, and you can see this in how other countries are already reacting.

The ICJ rejected every single one of Israel's arguments.

Yes, the ICJ acknowledging a genocide is a low bar. But it's still a big deal given the international context (how powerful Israel and the USA are) and you can see this in how the Israeli government is reacting right now. (Ben Gvir: "This court is not seeking justice, but rather the persecution of the Jewish people" this has them really shaking)

The courts' rulings were near-unanimous in favor of South Africa. The judge who ruled against South Africa in the 16-1 was not Israel's appointed judge (Ehud Barak), it was the judge from Uganda.

My own note; something she didn't mention: the ICJ did not vote against a ceasefire; rather they did not rule on it at all. Still disappointing, but this is not the same as them specifically ruling against it.

Again, please watch the video if you can. I'm sure she'll put out more info as the day goes on.

Al Jazeera in-depth analysis: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/26/live-icj-to-issue-preliminary-ruling-in-south-africa-genocide-case-against-i

Perspective from Ali Abunimah of Electronic Intifada (I recommend his twitter rn:https://twitter.com/AliAbunimah)

This post is not to invalidate anyone's anger at the ruling, but hopefully gives some larger perspective for those who are interested from a legal angle from a scholar who specializes in international human rights law. Be angry at the crumbs if you want; this is just the perspective of a legal scholar who does a lot of work on Palestine.

#noura erakat #icj #palestine

[vyorei]

Colombia University is rightfully catching heat for the suspension of students in the activist groups Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Jerusalem #colonialism #Students for Justice in Palestine #Jewish Voice for Peace #naomi klein #noura erakat #colombia university ny

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A professor who appeared beside a top Hamas leader was due to speak on “genocide” at Harvard Monday — the same day as a deadline for the university to finally comply with a congressional subpoena demanding answers on antisemitism.

Noura Erakat, an associate professor of Africana studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey, was scheduled to speak on “We Charge Genocide; The Potential and Limits of International Law,” at the school’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies — after months of making anti-Israeli speeches.

The lecture by the controversial academic, who is also a human rights attorney, came amid mounting accusations that Harvard has failed to tackle antisemitism on its campus in the wake of the Hamas massacre of hundreds of innocent Israelis on October 7.

4Pro-Palestinian professor Noura Erakat, who once appeared on a panel with a Hamas leader, is scheduled to give a lecture at Harvard. She has blamed Israel for Hamas’ October 7 massacre of hundreds of innocent Israelis.Alamy Stock Photo

4Embattled Harvard University faces a deadline today over complying with subpoenas issued by a congressional committee probing the Ivy League school’s failure to discipline students for antisemitism.

And the speech was scheduled just as Harvard hits a deadline to hand over documents demanded by the House Education Committee as it probes antisemitism on campus.

Harvard had already been granted an extension to cooperate with the probe, formally launched after a December hearing in which its then-president Claudine Gay said that whether calling for the genocide of Israelis broke Harvard’s policies depended on “context.”

But Erakat’s speech appears likely to inflame tensions. From the beginning of the Hamas atrocities committed against Israelis, Erakat has blamed Israel alone for the violence.

“Any condemnation of violence is vapid if it does not begin & end with a condemnation of Israeli apartheid, settler colonialism, and occupation,” Erakat posted on X to her more than 176,000 followers on Oct. 7.

A few days later, on Oct. 16, she tweeted to President Biden “…@POTUS repeated the lie about beheaded [Israeli] babies [by Hamas], directed US diplomatic corps to avoid calls for ceasefire [between Israel and Hamas], & backs Israel’s genocidal warfare [in Gaza]…”

In 2020, she participated in an online workshop along with senior Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad that was hosted by Palestinian nonprofit the Masarat Center, according to a post advertising the event.

#noura erakat #harvard #harvard university #antisemitism #genocide

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[thenewgothictwice]

27 February: Anhar Saqr Al-Shanbari, a Palestinian toddler from Beit Hanoun, died of starvation due to the Israeli blockade of northern Gaza.

Noura Erakat, 27 February: "We have spent the last 4 1/2 months witnessing images of children asphyxiated from homes collapsed on top of them. Now we are witnessing images of babies, children, and adults who have starved to death, or could not survive because of severe dehydration."

Abdalhadi Alijla, 27 February: "Today, more than 10 people died in Northern Gaza due to a lack of food, among the latest victims are two children under the age of 5. The world is witnessing a live genocide. We sit on our sofas while children die from hunger; we eat while women and men starve. We sit idly by as Israeli soldiers mock the hungry Palestinians and destroy food. We must not forget that when we feed or starve others, we are making the most fundamental choices about who we are and who we wish to be. Humanity sinks."

#palestine #gaza #free palestine #Noura Erakat #Abdalhadi Alijla

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Noura Erakat (نورا عريقات), Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2019

Designed: Kevin Barrett Kane Cover Design: Kevin Barrett Kane Cover Art: The Balfour Declaration, 1917

#graphic design #law #international law #humanitarian law #human rights law #refugee law #book #cover #book cover #noura erakat #kevin barrett kane #stanford university press #1910s #2010s

[silicacid]

#noura erakat #from the river to the sea palestine will be free #free palestine #palestine

[ahaura]

(Nov. 6)

@democracynow: Palestinian scholar Noura Erakat @4noura addressed crowds at Saturday's massive Washington, D.C., rally for a ceasefire in Gaza. "Palestine reveals the naked hypocrisy of Western universalism," she said.

#palestine #geopol #uspol #noura erakat #📁.zip

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Decolonize Now: A Conversation about Radical Imagination and Justice in Israel/Palestine

Harvard Divinity School

This conversation happened in April of 2022. It begins with Noura Erakat and Marshall Ganz telling a bit of thier own stories. Then have a nuance conversation about power and taking power.

Here is a link to the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative.

#noura erakat #marshall ganz #palestine #power #case study #Youtube

[vyorei]

Pardon the delay, I was dragged to assist with tech

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[eretzyisrael]

by Luke Tress

Jewish groups have slammed the University of Pennsylvania for hosting a festival featuring speakers who have been harshly critical of Israel, drawing accusations of antisemitism, during the Jewish High Holiday period.

The Palestine Writes Literature Festival will take place on the university campus, starting on September 22 and ending two days later on the eve of Yom Kippur. The event is being sponsored and hosted by UPenn’s Wolf Humanities Center.

The festival says it is “dedicated to celebrating and promoting cultural productions of Palestinian writers and artists.”

One of its most prominent speakers is Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, a well-known pro-Palestinian activist who has been repeatedly accused of antisemitism.

Commentator Marc Lamont Hill, another participant, was fired by CNN in 2018 for using the term “from the river to the sea,” a call used by the Hamas terror group to advocate for Israel’s destruction.

Also appearing is Rutgers professor Noura Erakat, who opposes Israel’s existence and has compared Zionism to Nazism; author Randa Abdel-Fattah, who called Israel a “demonic, sick project” and supports its destruction; writer Wisam Rafeedie, who earlier this year praised the 1972 Lod airport massacre, which killed 26 people; and Susan Abulhawa, who has called Israel a “Nazi state” that will “someday be demolished.”

Its sponsors include the New York group Al-Awda, which calls for Israel’s destruction, has expressed support for terrorists, calls the Jewish state a “genocidal settler-colonial” entity and urges the expulsion of “Zionists” from New York colleges.

#university of pennsylvania #palestine writes literature festival #roger waters #noura erakat #high holidays