Author: Bystanders No More

British-Isreali architect and professor Eyal Weizman details the Palestine conflict through the lens of Germany’s policy of extermination of Nama and Ovaherero peoples in South-West Africa (now called Namibia). London Review of Books

Daniel Levy is the President of the U.S./Middle East Project (USMEP) and served as a senior Israeli peace negotiator. His take on why Jewish students are playing such a major role in the student protests is illuminating and hopeful. [This Substack is private and will require a free subscription to view.] The Ideas Letter

Dr. Amos Goldberg is a Jewish Holocaust specialist who lives in Israel and works as the Jonah M. Machover Chair in Holocaust Studies in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He makes the case that “the fact that what is happening in Gaza does not resemble the…

Saree Makdisi is an American literary critic and professor; specializing in eighteenth and nineteenth century British literature. He is of Palestinian and Lebanese descent. He also writes on contemporary Arab politics and culture. Jewish Voice for Labour

Robert Pape is a Palestinian politician, activist and scholar. Foreign Affairs

Maha Hussaini is an award-winning journalist and human rights activist based in Gaza. Maha started her journalism career by covering Israel’s military campaign on the Gaza Strip in July 2014. In 2020, she won the prestigious Martin Adler Prize for her work as a freelance journalist. Middle East Eye 

Antony Lerman is a British writer and specialist in the study of antisemitism, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, multiculturalism, and the place of religion in society. From 2006 to early 2009, he was Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, a think tank on issues affecting Jewish communities in Europe. Jewish Currents

Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University. Salon

Calder McHugh is an American writer and journalist POLITICO

Arundathi Roy is an Indian author and political activist best known for her novel, God of Small Things. She is also the winner of the Pen Pinter Prize for 2024. Hammer & Hope