Author Sarah Schulman’s “The Fantasy and Necessity of Solidarity” combines reflections on historical movements, figures, and texts to present a timely discussion on how to act in solidarity, a pressing question amid the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

The student uprisings against Israeli genocide are a stunning new force in U.S., representing a mass movement that demands that our politicians cease to sideline Palestinian human rights. “Edward Said once said, ‘thank God for the students.’ I just want to echo those words from this tortured place,” Susan Abulhawa said from Gaza.

In the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof asks if his criticisms of Israel were fair during the recent Gaza attack and says, Yes. Spanish and Irish precedents for terrorism show that negotiation of political issues is the only way to end war crimes over territorial questions.

While an academic work on LGBTQ Palestinians, Sa’ed Atshan’s “Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique,” is also deeply personal account of coming of age between homophobia and Israel’s occupation.

Below are excerpts from a correspondence over a proposed article between novelist, academic and playwright…