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Apartheid in Palestine Ghada aGeel Hard Laws Editor and Harder Experiences Apartheid in Palestine 1 The UniversiTy of alberTa Press Published by recording, or otherwise) without prior written consent. Contact the University of Alberta Press The University of Alberta Press for further details. Ring House 2 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E1 The University of Alberta Press supports copy- www.uap.ualberta.ca right. Copyright fuels creativity, encourages diverse voices, promotes free speech, and creates Copyright © 2016 Ghada Ageel a vibrant culture. Thank you for buying an autho- rized edition of this book and for complying with Library and archivEs canada the copyright laws by not reproducing, scanning, caTaLoGuinG in PubLicaTion or distributing any part of it in any form without permission. You are supporting writers and Apartheid in Palestine : hard laws and harder allowing University of Alberta Press to continue experiences / Ghada Ageel, editor. to publish books for every reader. Includes bibliographical references The University of Alberta Press gratefully and index. acknowledges the support received for its Issued in print and electronic formats. publishing program from the Government of isbn 978–1–77212–082–0 (paperback).— Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and isbn 978–1–77212–101–8 (EPub).— the Government of Alberta through the Alberta isbn 978–1–77212–102–5 (kindle). — Media Fund. isbn 978–1–77212–103–2 (Pdf) This book has been published with the help of 1. Israelis —Colonization —Palestine. a grant from the Canadian Federation for the 2. Palestinian Arabs —Israel—Relocation. Humanities and Social Sciences, through the 3. Palestinian Arabs—Legal status, laws, etc.— Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, Israel. 4. Segregation—Israel. 5. Arab-Israeli using funds provided by the Social Sciences and conflict—1993–. 6. Israel—Ethnic relations. I. Humanities Research Council of Canada. Ageel, Ghada, 1970–, editor 7 ds113.7.a63 2015 956.94’0049274 c2015–907148–8 c2015–907149–6 Excerpts from Maps of Women’s Goings and Stayings by Rela Mazali Copyright © by the Board First edition, first printing, 2016. of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. First electronic edition, 2016. All rights reserved. Used with the permission of Copyediting and proofreading by Stanford University Press, www.sup.org Joanne Muzak. Maps by Wendy Johnson. Cover photo: Palestinian activists confront Israeli Indexing by Adrian Mather. soldiers during the weekly demonstration Book design by Alan Brownoff. against the Israeli separation barrier in the West Bank village of Al Ma'sara, June 6, 2014. The All rights reserved. No part of this publication separation barrier would cut off the village from may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, its agricultural lands if it is built as planned. or transmitted in any form or by any means Photo by Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills. Used (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, by permission. This book is dedicated to every woman, man, and child in Gaza, in recognition of the steadfast resilience with which they have shaped an unprecedented chapter of human history. Through the people of Gaza, it honours all Palestinians in historic Palestine and in exile. My heart is full of love for Gaza. Contents Foreword ix RichaRd Falk Preface xv Acknowledgements xxi Introduction xxv ParT i Indigenous Voices 1 | Beit Daras 3 Once upon a Land Ghada aGeel 2 | I am from there, I am from here 23 Reem Skeik 3 | Palestine 37 Via Dolorosa SamaR el-Bekai 4 | The Man with the White Beard 49 Uniting the Palestinian Narrative Ramzy BaRoud ParT ii Activist Views 5 | International Solidarity and the Palestinian Freedom Struggle 65 huwaida aRRaF 6 | Palestine Calling 91 Notes on the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement RaFeeF ziadah 7 | Culture of Resistance 107 Why We Need You to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel Tali ShapiRo 8 | Complicit Dissent, Dissenting Complicity 129 A Story and Its Context Rela mazali ParT iii Academic and Expert Insights 9 | Israel’s Legitimacy? 149 Time for a European Moratorium keiTh h ammond 10 | Israeli Apartheid, Canada, and Freedom of Expression 163 aBiGail B. Bakan & yaSmeen aB u-laBan 11 | Political Truths 181 The Case of Pro-Palestine Discourse in Canada JameS caiRnS & SuSan FeRG uSon 12 | A Hole in the Wall, A Rose at a Checkpoint 199 The Spatiality of Occupied Palestine SheRene Razack 13 | Israel and Apartheid 213 A Framework for Legal Analysis edwaRd c. c oRRiG an Contributors 247 Index 253 RichaRd Falk Foreword May 2015 from many PoinTs of view, the ix struggle between Jews and Arabs over historic Palestine, which has gone on for almost a century, is at a critical juncture. Since the early 1990s, most hopes for a peaceful resolution of the conflict depended on a diplomatic framework agreed upon in Oslo and solemnized by the infamous 1993 White House handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, with a smiling Bill Clinton standing tall between these embattled leaders. As of now, there is a widespread realization that diplomacy cannot under present conditions produce a sustainable peace for the parties. This became clear when negotiations collapsed in April 2014, ending what Secretary of State John Kerry insisted was “the last chance” to realize a two-state solution. Although the United States may again try to push the parties to engage in direct negotia- tions, it would seem more for the sake of public relations than to find an end to the conflict. This Oslo framework was so one-sided from the outset as to seem structurally incapable of ever producing a fair outcome, given the bisecting of Occupied Palestine, splitting the West Bank from Gaza, entrusting partisan United States with the honest broker role, failing even to affirm a Palestinian right of self-determination, and the
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