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Urban Planning and the Struggle Against Israel's Spatial Domination
A view of Wadi Ara in 2020. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty ImagesRegional map of Nahariya, Acre Sub-District, Palestine, indicating present and planned land use; Survey of Palestine, 1941. Revised in 1942 to include new second-class roads (in blue, see legend) bypassing previous route through Palestinian villages. Map also includes Palestinian villages that were later depopulated (e.g., Ghabsiyye, Um Al Faraj, Kueikat, En Nahr and Al Kabri). [To view details, see the map’s Wikipedia page.] The Eran Laor Cartographic Collection, National Library of Israel.
MER Article

Urban Planning and the Struggle Against Israel's Spatial Domination

Located in Wadi Ara within the Green Line, Kufr Qara is a Palestinian town of 20,000 residents. Before the Nakba, its land spanned 28,000 dunums (roughly 7,000 acres), but today, Israel has left it with less than 8,000 dunums (fewer than 2,000 acres). The town
Lama Shehadeh • 12 min read
Awakening to the Politics of Israel—An Interview with Sonya Meyerson-Knox of Jewish Voice for Peace
Demonstrators with Jewish Voice for Peace Chicago protest President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 14, 2017. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Current Analysis

Awakening to the Politics of Israel—An Interview with Sonya Meyerson-Knox of Jewish Voice for Peace

In the context of Israel's newly elected far-right government and ongoing censorship of Palestine in academia and social media, MERIP shares the second of a two-part series of interviews on changing American Jewish attitudes towards Israel and Zionism. In this interview, Lori Allen speaks with Sonya
Lori Allen, Sonya Meyerson-Knox • 9 min read
Changing Attitudes towards Zionism among American Jews—An Interview with Zachary Lockman
A gathering of American Jews at the departure of the Train of Food Aid to Israel In 1949. [Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images]
Current Analysis

Changing Attitudes towards Zionism among American Jews—An Interview with Zachary Lockman

Zachary Lockman speaks to Lori Allen about the history of Jewish support for Israel in the United States. They discuss Lockman’s views on the changing attitudes towards Zionism among American Jews over the course of the twentieth century and the new spaces for criticism that have emerged over the pa
Lori Allen, Zachary Lockman • 15 min read