Palestine

Trump, Netanyahu and the reordering of the Middle East
Gilbert Achcar — Despite all the evidence to the contrary, too many commentators continue to portray Trump as eager for a peaceful settlement to the war in Gaza.

Arab elites welcome Trump as massacres in Gaza continue
Sushovan Dhar — As Israel’s war continues to inflict suffering on Gaza, Arab monarchies busied themselves with welcoming Trump and signing multimillion-dollar trade agreements.

Inside Die Linke: An interview on the state of Germany’s left party
Frieda Holm and Maria Sommer discuss the shifting dynamics within Die Linke and building durable infrastructure for the class struggle within and beyond the party.

The colonised university: Destruction of knowledge in Palestine, denial of coloniality in France
Sbeih Sbeih asks what it means to produce critical scholarship from within institutions that are complicit in the face of the colonial (and genocidal) enterprise.

Universities Australia’s new antisemitism definition: A novel kind of campus governance?
Gwenael Velge — History shows that paradigmatic slides in governance often start with universities, but they rarely stop there.

PACBI’s position on ‘No Other Land’ (and its response to criticisms of its position)
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, PACBI, explains its position on the film ‘No Other Land’, and responds to the debate that it has generated.

‘No Other Land’: The paradoxes of an Oscar win in a West Bank under siege
Award-winning documentary ‘No Other Land’ has been criticized for normalizing the Occupation and violating BDS guidelines, writes Anna Lippman.

Israel’s war on Palestine: An imperialist attack on the entire Middle East
Fourth International — In Palestine, more than anywhere else, the victorious struggle of the exploited and oppressed can be the path to a fairer world.

So-called axis of resistance: Which way forward for Palestinian liberation?
Joseph Daher discusses regional and multipolar imperialism, the limits of Iranian resistance, and the international path toward Palestinian liberation.

United States-Russia talks: Peace between neofascists and war on oppressed peoples
Gilbert Achcar — We are witnessing a convergence between neofascists at the expense of oppressed peoples.