Palestinian, Israeli, academic, and activist voices gather to humanize ongoing debates over Israel and Palestine.

"Of all the crimes to which Palestinians have been subjected through a century of bitter tragedy, perhaps none are more cruel than the silencing of their voices. The suffering has been most extreme, criminal, and grotesque in Gaza, where Ghada Ageel was one of the victims from childhood. This collection of essays is a poignant cry for justice, far too long delayed.” —Noam Chomsky
There are more than two sides to the conflict between Palestine and Israel. There are millions. Millions of lives, voices, and stories behind the enduring struggle in Israel and Palestine. Yet, the easy binary of Palestine vs. Israel on which the media so often relies for context effectively silences the lived experiences of people affected by the strife. Ghada Ageel sought leading experts—Palestinian and Israeli, academic and activist—to gather stories that humanize the historic processes of occupation, displacement, colonization, and, most controversially, apartheid. Historians, scholars and students of colonialism and Israel-Palestine studies, and anyone interested in more nuanced debate, will want to read this book.

Contributors: Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Ghada Ageel, Huwaida Arraf, Abigail B. Bakan, Ramzy Baroud, Samar El-Bekai, James Cairns, Edward C. Corrigan, Susan Ferguson, Keith Hammond, Rela Mazali, Sherene Razack, Tali Shapiro, Reem Skeik, Rafeef Ziadah.

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 Hammond
10 | Israeli Apartheid, Canada, and Freedom of Expression 163
Ab igail B. Bakan & Yasmeen Abu-Laban
11 | Political Truths 181
The Case of Pro-Palestine Discourse in Canada
James Cairns & Susan Ferguson
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. Corrigan

Contributors 247
Index 253