The Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism seeks to create an intellectual and political community that is grounded in solidarity with those most harmed by Zionism and in uplifting their voices.
Teaching Palestine marks several watershed historical moments in the Palestinian freedom struggle with two major international gatherings in Lebanon and Tunisia.
Losing a loved one is heartbreaking. But for Rabab Abdulhadi, losing her father was particularly devastating not only because she loved him so much but also because personal tragedies under occupation and continuous curfew and siege are multiplied.
Participants from the first delegation to visit occupied Palestine of feminists from Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Asian communities reconvened on the 10 year anniversary of the trip to recount what they saw and share how visiting Palestine continues to impact them to this day.
The organizers of the Open Classroom event, “Whose Narratives? What Free Speech for Palestine” say they had their right to free speech silenced by private tech companies Zoom, Facebook, and Eventbrite when the companies bowed to the fraudulent threat of prosecution. Now the organizers are calling on supporters to demand an end to corporate control of academia and an end to Israel lobby censorship and bullying.
In September, Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi’s online open classroom was censored by Zoom and Facebook. What subject, and whose opinions, were considered so threatening? Of course it was Palestine and its advocates. Mondoweiss publishes Palestinian voices silenced by corporate media, and spotlights Jewish and Israeli voices challenging the abuses carried out under the banner of Zionism. A generous donor has offered $20,000 if we match that by dollar for dollar by Sunday, December 20th. Please support this essential work today.
“I do not recall a time in my life when I did not experience bans on freedom of speech,” writes Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi in a new book on academic freedom and its limits.
The president of San Francisco State University recently announced he will be stepping down, Professor Rabab Abdulhadi writes before he leaves office, “there is a real opportunity for President Wong and for SFSU and CSU to stand up for public education, to be accountable to the public, to reject and end complicity with right-wing pressures and donors.”
Tomorrow, Professor Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi and her lawyers will appear before a Federal Court in San Francisco to once again challenge a frivolous lawsuit filed by the Lawfare Project, which describes itself as “an arm of the pro-Israel community.” In this article, Professor Abdulhadi offers an update and critical analysis on the ongoing lawsuit against her and the struggle for scholarship, pedagogy and advocacy on justice for/in Palestine as part and parcel of the indivisibility of justice.
Last week Dr. Hatem Bazian, a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, became subject to intense criticism and calls for his dismissal after it came to light that months earlier he had retweeted an anti-Semitic meme. The incident follows years of false accusations of anti-Semitism and outlandish claims. Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi, a professor at the nearby San Francisco State University, explained in emails this week to her colleagues and the UC Berkeley Chancellor that Bazian is being victimized by a campaign: “I urge you to strong reject this bullying and smear campaign. I call on you to publicly defend Dr. Bazian against this witch hunt.”