Zionism Imprisons Palestine; De-centering ‘Jewish Values’ in Anti-Zionist Organizing; Plus Resistance in Residence Artist Susan Greene

Prior to Israel’s current genocide in Gaza, that area was often referred since 2007 as an open air prison due to Israel’s complete control. Our first guest this morning argues that if we explore the violence of zionism – that is, not just Gaza but zionist control more broadly – as a prison, then an abolitionist challenge to it, can come into view. Our guest is Fathi Nemer, a researcher and writer who published a piece in Scalawag Magazine called “Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens”, in which he and his co-author argue that Israel’s siege on Gaza is not the only carceral structure that zionism has imposed, but rather that the entirety of Palestinian life under zionism is a process of imprisonment.

Read the article here: https://scalawagmagazine.org/2023/06/abolitionist-palestine/
Check out Fathi Nemer’s website here: https://decolonizepalestine.com/

More than nine months of Israel’s genocidal onslaught on Gaza also means more than nine months of a movement against zionist aggression, which has developed more engagement than ever before in the movement for Palestinian lives and dignity. That organizing work is complex and doesn’t come without internal nuance and disagreement. For example, what does it mean for one group of people to take on leadership and accept funds for the liberation of another people? In this segment, we’ll be talking about anti-zionist Jewish organizing, and what it could look like for Jewish people interested in the liberation of Palestine to de-center themselves. Our guest is Anna Rajagopal, a Jewish anti-zionist organizer who lives and organizes in Houston. Her latest piece for Mondoweiss is titled, “No need for ‘Jewish values’ in the fight for Palestine”.

Read Anna Rajagopal’s piece here: https://mondoweiss.net/2024/06/no-need-for-jewish-values-in-the-fight-for-palestine/