Episode 034 - No Justice No Peace (post-Nakba Palestinian land theft)

This week Lara leads us on a deep dive into the legal frameworks that came into place in the aftermath of the Nakba, including the absentee property law, the law of return, and the nationality law. All these legal devices helped codify the actions of ethnic cleansing and land theft by the rogue Zionist militias into the "legal" actions of a state. We also cover the various ways Zionists stopped Palestinians from returning to their native lands. Lara discusses the examples of Iqrit and Kufr Bir'im, both towns where the Supreme Court of Israel had in one case already ruled in favor of Palestinian return, and the other where the case was pending before the court. In both cases, the IOF demolished the villages so as to render the return of Palestinians impossible. Lara talks about the many thousands of Palestinians who did try to return despite these measures who were murdered in cold blood. We discuss how these policies like the Nakba are ongoing and not something rooted in the past. Finally, we switch gears, covering the censorship of Palestinian content on Tik Tok as a strategy passed down from region-specific moderation teams where Israeli moderators set the standards and Arab moderators were kept in subordinate positions.

To consult the sources used in the preparation of this episode, please see:

Books/Videos:

1. Israeli ambassador rushed out of LSE event amid Palestine protest (The Guardian)

2. "Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine" (Noura Erakat)

3. Episode 014: Existence is Resistance with Anwar Hadid and Vin Arfuso (Palestine Pod)

4. Episode 008: Do Not Comply! with Miko Peled (Palestine Pod)

Articles:

1. Coat Bomb and Explosive Prosthesis: British intel files reveal how the Zionist Stern Gang terrorized London (Haaretz)

2. Israel razes Bedouin campsite in largest West Bank demolition in a decade (Times of Israel)

3. Israeli forces attack Al-Aqsa protesters during Prophet rally (Al Jazeera)

4. On this day: Law of Return passed to ensure citizenship for all Jews (The Jerusalem Post)

5. Palestinian Citizenship Order 1925 (Chapter from "The International Law Foundations of Palestinian Nationality")

6. "There's not enough brutality": Former TikTok moderator says workers told to leave up 'disturbing' violence against Palestinians (ABC)

7. Soldier awarded certificate for promoting unit, IDF on TikTok (The Jerusalem Post)

8. TikTok… Boom! Israeli army's social media has 'big smiles' and soldiers doing yoga. (Haaretz)