Palestine - Quillette (Page 2)

From the River to the Sea: The Significance of a Slogan

Not all of those who advocate for a single state “from the river to the sea” have genocidal intent, but their recommendation, if acted upon, is very likely to result in either the genocide or ethnic cleansing of Jews.

David Benatar

25 Nov 2023 · 6 min read

The Deadly Logic of Decolonization

Western countries are seen as colonizing nations and imperialists, while foreign autocracies and sectarian extremists like Hamas are perceived as freedom fighters and even forces for good.

Jay Sophalkalyan

19 Nov 2023 · 11 min read

The Postcolonial Left's Blindness to Islamic Homophobia

For Western LGBT rights activists to support Hamas's continued rule over Gaza is hypocritical in the extreme.

Alexander von Sternberg

15 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

Muslim Antisemitism and the Western Left

The pro-Hamas demonstrations are driven by the identification of Israel with “colonialism” and the idea that the Palestinians are anti-colonialists. This approach is based on ignorance.

Benny Morris

7 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

A Generation of Misguided Policy in Israel

For more than a generation, defence policy and much else has been increasingly determined by the dictates of Israel’s religious settler lobby and its Messianic visions.

Michael Ben-Gad

5 Nov 2023 · 9 min read

Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda

There is a new contender for the most effective weapon in the propaganda wars: photorealistic, generative AI art.

Julia Friedman

3 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

Whose Genocide Is It Anyway?

The libel that Israel is engaged in genocide attempts to do the unthinkable—to link the Jewish state with Nazi Germany. This cynical calculus is as wrong as it is obscene.

Zachary R. Goldsmith

2 Nov 2023 · 11 min read

Queers for Palestine: Identity Politics at Its Most Absurd

In Palestine, they’d be killed.

Armin Navabi

2 Nov 2023 · 7 min read

Dead Civilians and the Allocation of Blame

Sometimes, we simply have to stop the bad guys—even at the cost of civilian casualties.

David Bernstein

28 Oct 2023 · 8 min read

The War of Return—A Review

The War of Return is an important book and, unquestionably, a welcome corrective to the plethora of myths, lies, and misconceptions that litter the discourse on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Benjamin Kerstein

28 Apr 2020 · 19 min read

Palestine Misunderstood

Humeniuk’s essay lends implicit support to the notion that a Palestinian state will be modern, open, and peaceful, if not positively progressive, and not the bastion of fanaticism that exists in Israelis’ fearful imagination.

Petra Marquardt-Bigman

31 Oct 2019 · 10 min read

What Makes a 'Self-Hating' Muslim?

Wajahat Ali’s crime is that by mere association with a Jewish group, he was tarred by important sections of the Islamic community as a traitor.

Tanveer Ahmed

23 Jul 2018 · 7 min read

Traitors to the Human Mind

As an aggressive activist strategy, the “pinkwashing” charge is shameless and shrewd. As moral reasoning, it is inane.

Jamie Palmer

3 Feb 2016 · 10 min read