Leila Sansour: ‘Starvation and the Final Test of Impunity: Why Israel Is Willing to Pay the Price in Gaza’ - Our colleague writes this devastating analysis for the organisation Security In Context. ‘Israel has long worked to fragment Palestinians — politically, geographically and legally — separating Gazans, West Bankers, Jerusalemites, and the Palestinian citizens of Israel. But the project unfolding in Gaza marks a further, more brutal stage: the wholesale break-up of a functioning society.’…
NAKBA ANNIVERSARY 15 MAY - MARKED WITH A WEEK OF ACTION AROUND THE UK & THE WORLD The Nakba ( ’the catastrophe’) is the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people through violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their society and the suppression of their culture, identity, political rights, and national aspirations. This May…
Gaza: sharing reactions from our friends and colleagues - As Gaza endures extreme bombardment from Israel, the 15th largest military spender ($24bn p/a) in the world, in its war declared upon a people not even in control of their water, let alone their nationhood, we are sharing some of the thoughts and actions of some of the friends and colleagues with whom we have worked over the years.
Commemorating Nakba 75 - The call to Make Apartheid History is more resonant than ever as we mark the 75th anniversary of the start of the NAKBA – the Palestinian Catastrophe – as the state of Israel was founded, along with the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homeland.
On 15 May MAH shared its short videos in solidarity with NAKBA 75 and BDS including BSC calls for both a cultural boycott and military boycott of Israel until it complies with international law.
Nov 29 UN Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People - In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)) In resolution 60/37 of 1 December 2005, the Assembly requested the Committee on the…
TNI State of Power 2021: Coercive World - TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE State of Power 2021: Coercive World (https://longreads.tni.org/state-of-power-2021) To Make Apartheid History means dismantling the structures of the state which oppress and separate. TNI’s ‘Coercive World‘ is a brilliant resource on the all pervasive – and very well funded – presence of military, security, police and prison power across society. And in light of the latest…
Important New Book by Jeff Halper - Decolonizing Israel, Liberating Palestine: Zionism, Settler Colonialism and the Case for One Democratic State. USA, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia… and Israel. All ‘settler colonial’ states. If you stop to think for a moment, it’s crystal clear. And it’s starting to become more widely understood. Here MEMO (Middle East Monitor) interviews Jeff Halper about his latest…
WitchHunt: A film by Jon Pullman - Through a series of interviews, analysis and witness testimony, WitchHunt explores the connections between the attacks on Labour, the ongoing tragedy of Palestine and the wider struggle against race-based oppression.
A New Nakba - Today we join with all those who commemorate the Nakba; the catastrophe that began in 1947 which saw Zionist militias destroying over 500 Palestinian villages and towns and driving 750,000 Palestinians into exile, and you can read PSC’s account of this history here. But history continues to play out in the same way for Palestinians…
We Have Lost Our Irreplaceable Jeremy Hardy - (Click the above image to watch the video: Remembering Jeremy) Today we lost our dear friend, Jeremy Hardy.Christmas 2018 and Bethlehem Besieged. Still - ‘I wouldn’t want to put this out on the 24th. I believe that Christmas Eve is a time to feel happy. But, today, I wanted to remind everyone of the situation in my hometown of Bethlehem. In the streets of western cities many will be singing of Joy and Goodwill to all. It makes everyone…
Mark Mandela’s centenary & commit to supporting BDS - ‘The Triple Evils of economic exploitation, racism and militarism are forms of violence that exist in a vicious cycle. They are interrelated (and), all-inclusive…’’ Martin Luther King 1967 Today July 18th we mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth. In 2018 the world marks anniversaries of three inter-linked movements that spanned the 20th and into the 21st…
1948-2018: a 70 YEAR COMMEMORATION OF the NAKBA - MAKE APARTHEID HISTORY 1948-2018: a 70 YEAR COMMEMORATION OF the NAKBA Israel was founded 70 years ago today, on 14th May 1948. Palestinians commemorate the next day, 15th May, as their ‘Nakba’ – day of catastrophe. This Arabic term refers to the mass expulsion of Palestinian Arabs from British Mandate Palestine during Israel’s creation (1947-49) when…
Centenary of 1917 Balfour Declaration: 100 years of settler colonialism and parallels between the apartheid nature of Israel and South Africa - Marking the centenary of 1917 Balfour Declaration In November 2017 we marked the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. It was to usher in 100 years of settler colonialism in Palestine. The parallels between the apartheid nature of Israel and South Africa – both settler colonial projects in their origins – are clear. Palestinian campaigners have… Marking Mandela Day 18 July 2017 - Throughout July, Make Apartheid History is promoting the UK Tour of the utterly brilliant one man show AND HERE I AM, directed by Zoe Lafferty, performed by Ahmed Tobasi and based on his life story. On Mandela Day, we will screen a selection of MAH films at the Edinburgh dates 17/18 July. This outstanding play…
Make Apartheid History – NAKBA events - As the pressure to close down the BDS movement by Israel increases, so the movement gets stronger and the success of the campaign grows. Companies are now responding (albeit reluctantly) to the boycott effort; artists are being made more and more aware of the cultural boycott; and the academic boycott has been highly effective at…
Balfour Declaration-Settler Colonialism 100 years on - From Balfour to the present day: a century of colonialism in Palestine This year’s November 2nd marks the centenary of the Balfour Declaration of 1917. It signifies 100 years of suffering of the Palestinian people and the colonisation of their land. In 1917 the British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour wrote a letter to the wealthy…
Celebrating Mandela Day with short video compilation - Dear friends, colleagues and supporters, July 18th is International Mandela Day. It asks ‘what will you do to serve your fellow human beings?’. One of the things you can do to answer this call, is to support Palestinian civil society’s call for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel until it complies with international law and…
Make Apartheid History joins with all those marking 2016 NAKBA activities - On 15 May, people will remember the violent dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1948. These events, which took place during the creation of the state of Israel, are known to Palestinians as ‘the catastrophe’ or, in Arabic, the ‘Nakba’. 
Make Apartheid History Advent Calendar goes live on December 1st - It’s our online Palestine Advent calendar which goes live today, Tuesday 1st December 2015. Our calendar has 24 star symbols and each day a star will be unlocked to release new content, right up until 24th December and will largely carry videos & info-graphics.
Rosa Parks & Huwaida Arraf - October 24th was the 10th anniversary of the death of inspirational civil rights activist Rosa Parks. To mark this, we interviewed Huwaida Arraf, American-Palestinian human rights activist, lawyer, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement and member of the Palestinian Freedom Riders. Speaking with a deep personal and political passion, she talks about how the actions…
MAH September Videos - Following on from our first public event at London’s Southbank in July, our Make Apartheid History campaign picked up again this month by marking two moments.Veteran South African activist Denis Goldberg: Israel ‘an apartheid state’ - South African Jewish anti-apartheid stalwart Denis Goldberg believes the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the use of separate laws for different groups of people makes Israel an apartheid state.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Israel is an apartheid state," Goldberg, who fought alongside late South African President Nelson Mandela and other activists against apartheid, told a gathering in Johannesburg.
The Elephant and the Mouse - 19 July 2015 The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall 14:45pm – 15:45pm Explore the history of cultural boycott and apartheid, in South Africa and around the world. For the first time, in 2012, South Africa’s ruling party – the African National Congress (ANC) – endorsed the call for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel,…
Make Apartheid History Readings at the Southbank Centre - 18 July 2015, 14:45pm – 15:05pm Readings of poetry and prose that link civil rights, anti-apartheid and Palestinian solidarity movements. The performers include Paterson Joseph, Miriam Margolyes, Kika Markham and Leila Sansour. Riverside Terrace at the Southbank Centre. Free event.New report: Arming Apartheid - Campaign Against Arms Trade, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and War on Want publish a new report detailing how trading arms with Israel makes the UK complicit in Israel’s continuing violations of human rights and international law. We call on the UK government to implement an immediate two-way arms embargo to end all arms sales to…
73 European Parliament Members Call on EU to End Support to Israeli Military Companies - Published by WAFA Palestinian News and Info Agency About 73 members of the European Parliament issued a letter to European Union High Representative Federica Mogherini and Jan Robert Smits – Director-General of DG Research and Innovation asking the EU to end its support to Israeli military companies trough Horizon2020. The unique cross-party initiative is the first…
BDS: A Global Movement for Freedom and Justice - By Omar Barghouti Published by Al-Shabaka (originally published in May 2010) Editor’s note The Palestinian call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) was launched 10 years ago, providing Palestinian leadership and strategic guidance to what had been a disparate set of ad hoc boycott actions around the world. Al-Shabaka takes this occasion to republish Policy…
US churches vote on joining BDS movement targeting Israel - Published by the Guardian United Church of Christ joins Boycott, Divest and Sanction campaign in protest at treatment of Palestinians, with two other denominations due to decide. The international movement to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians has received backing from one of the largest Protestant churches in the US, as two other major denominations prepare…
Palestine seeks to charge Israel with ‘apartheid’ and war crimes at the Hague - Published by Mondoweiss Palestinian leaders seek to charge Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague with the crime of “Apartheid” and 22 other criminal counts, including seven war crimes. A thick set of documents containing evidence and arguments was ceremoniously handed over to the ICC today at its headquarters, according to Shawan Jabarin,…
UK actors, directors and writers demand immediate sanctions on Israel - Published by the Palestine News Network Actors, authors, academics and architects have today called on the UK government to push for immediate sanctions on Israel until it abides by international law and ends its occupation of Palestinian land. They join other big names from the world of film and rock music, as well as 20,000 members…
The bigger picture of the Negev’s Um al-Hiran - By Nadim Nashif and Dalal Hilou, published by the Huffington Post For the past 60 years, Arab Palestinian Bedouin populations in the Negev desert in southern Israel have struggled to simply stay on their land in the face of discrimination and the threat of displacement. For residents of Umm al-Hiran in the southern Naqab —…
Palestinian jailed by Israel could die, says family - By Patrick Strickland Published by Aljazeera Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan’s family is worried for his life as he continues his already weeks-long hunger strike in protest against his imprisonment by Israel. Adnan, who launched on an indefinite hunger strike on April 6, was placed under medical supervision at a clinic in Israel’s Ramla prison earlier…
Detained Lawyer, Shireen al-‘Eesawy, Declares Hunger Strike - Published by International Middle East Media Centre Imprisoned Palestinian lawyer, Shireen al-‘Eesawy, from occupied Jerusalem, and held in solitary confinement in the Ramla Israeli prison, has declared, Tuesday, an open-ended hunger strike. The Palestinian Detainees’ Radio said al-‘Eesawy is demanding her right to family visits, in addition to being granted access to her clothes and…
Israel issues administrative detention orders to eight Palestinians - Published by Wafa The Israeli military court of Ofer Tuesday issued administrative detention orders against eight Palestinian prisoners, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club (PPC). PPC said that three prisoners from Hebron received detention orders without charge or trial for a period of four months. They were identified as Hani Masalmeh, Khalil Abu Dwaish, and Rami…
Khader Adnan: ‘The more they torture me, the more determined I become’ - Published by Ma’an News Agency Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, who is now on his 42nd day on hunger strike against the Israeli practice of administrative detention, said Tuesday that “the more [the Israelis] torture me, the stronger and more determined I become.” Adnan, 37, made the comments to the chief lawyer of the Palestinian prisoner’s…
Knesset extends bill preventing Palestinian family reunification for another year - Published by Palestinian News Network The Israeli Knesset last night has extended the “family reunification prevention” bill for Palestinian families for another year. 57 MKs have voted in favor of the extension, 20 voted against and 5 abstained. The bill prevents family reunification between Palestinians living in Israel and their spouses from the West Bank or Gaza.…
Soldiers expel 200 Palestinians from pool to allow settlers to bathe - Published by Mondoweiss A report from the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem [link]: “IDF soldiers expel Palestinians from pool in Palestinian village to Enable Settlers to Bathe” On 7 April 2015, during Passover holidays, a group of hundreds of settlers accompanied by Israeli security forces came to Birkat al-Karmil – a natural pool close to the…
Tel Aviv’s panic shows boycotts are having effect - By Joseph Dana, published by The National This month marks 48 years since the start of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian West Bank. What is remarkable about this sober anniversary is not the longevity of Israeli control over Palestinian life or the failure of various peace efforts, but that it took so long for a…
Apartheid in Israel is about more than just segregated buses - What in a different a different situation would be considered apartheid is tolerated by many because it is ostensibly temporary. But the occupation has long stopped being temporary. By Aeyal Gross, published by Haaretz on 26 May 2015. South Africa used to distinguish between two types of apartheid. The first, called “petty” apartheid, included the…
Does the term ‘apartheid’ fit Israel? Of course it does. - Published by The LA Times on 17 May 2014 The storm of controversy after Secretary of State John F. Kerry’s warning that Israel risked becoming an “apartheid state” reminded us once again that facts, data and the apparently tedious details of international law often seem to have little bearing on conversations about Israel conducted at the…
Where now for Palestine: Abdelwahab Elmessiri’s thoughts on Zionism - This year Middle East Monitor’s annual Abdelwahab Elmessiri lecture was given by Ronnie Kasrils on 19 May 2015. In his lecture, Ronnie Kasrils considered some of the remarkable similarities between apartheid South Africa and Zionist Israel. These coincide even as far as milestone dates are concerned. The characterisation firmly places both within the category of colonial settler…
10 years on – the illegal Wall - As part of our Bethlehem Unwrapped festival, we commissioned film-maker Tom Pursey to record all aspects of the event – from the construction (and subsequent public impact) of the 8m high life size replica WALL that was built in front of St James’s Piccadilly, through to all the live events that spanned our two week festival. We are releasing our…
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