Saree Makdisi

Saree Makdisi is a professor of English and comparative literature at UCLA and the author of, among other books, Tolerance is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial. You can follow him @sareemakdisi.

Demonstrators gather to show their solidarity with Palestine despite Austrian Police prohibiting the gathering on October 11, 2023, in Vienna, Austria.

Things In Palestine May Never Be the Same Again Things In Palestine May Never Be the Same Again

The conflict has shattered many myths about Israel's invincibility—and shown once more that the only lasting solution is true equality for all.

Oct 12, 2023 / Saree Makdisi

University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

The War Against Palestinians on Campus Keeps Getting More Absurd The War Against Palestinians on Campus Keeps Getting More Absurd

It’s become so predictable: Palestinians try to gather at a university and all hell breaks loose.

Oct 3, 2023 / Saree Makdisi

Benjamin Netanyahu walking down a hallway.

Israel Is Destroying the Fantasies of Liberal Zionism Israel Is Destroying the Fantasies of Liberal Zionism

Israeli apartheid is more obvious than ever, and liberal supporters of Zionism are being confronted with a reality that they have tried for so long to deny.

Feb 20, 2023 / Saree Makdisi

Lebanon Gas Lines

Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme Behind the Crisis in Lebanon, a Vast Bank-Run Ponzi Scheme

From gas lines to medicine shortages, Lebanon is suffering the fallout of years of political and financial corruption.

Aug 12, 2021 / Saree Makdisi

Woman in Gaza after airstrike

The Nakba Is Now The Nakba Is Now

With the explosion of Israeli violence this last week, Palestinians are experiencing a level of terror that is both new and painfully reminiscent of the terror of 1948.

May 17, 2021 / Editorial / Saree Makdisi for The Nation

Trump and Netenyahu speaking at the White House

What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism. What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism.

From the administration’s perspective, Palestinian suffering doesn’t count because Palestinians themselves don’t count. 

Jan 30, 2020 / Saree Makdisi

Student Protest Palestine

The Push to Quash Criticism of Israel Is a Push to Quash Free Speech The Push to Quash Criticism of Israel Is a Push to Quash Free Speech

It is not anti-Semitism to criticize a state for enshrining inequality.

Dec 19, 2019 / Saree Makdisi

The Strangulation of Gaza The Strangulation of Gaza

The breach in the wall at Rafah dramatized the fact that an imprisoned population is at the point of starvation.

Feb 2, 2008 / Feature / Saree Makdisi

For a Secular Democratic State For a Secular Democratic State

Zionism has run its course, and in doing so has killed any possibility of a two-state solution.

May 31, 2007 / Feature / Saree Makdisi

Lessons Learned Lessons Learned

As a tentative ceasefire takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, the world--and the United States in particular--should ponder lessons learned and the price we will pay...

Aug 20, 2006 / Editorial / Saree Makdisi

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