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
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
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
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 / Saree Makdisi for The Nation
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
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 / Saree Makdisi