BOOK LAUNCH: tHURSDAY, MARCH 09, 2017, 6:30PM
ETHNIC STUDIES LIBRARY, UC BERKELEY
30 STEPHENS HALL
BERKELEY, CA 94720
Professor Hatem Bazian (UC Berkeley) provides a decolonial analysis of the most pressing struggle in the world in an extensive study of the occupation of Palestine.
Published by Amrit, the book’s subtitle is taken directly from the letter of Theoder Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, to Great Britain’s Minister of Colonies Cecil Rhodes that sought support for the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine.
In 1902, Herzl wrote to Rhodes stating: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews… How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial.”
Palestine is the last settler colonial project to be commissioned in the late 19th early 20th centuries and still unfolding as we enter into the 21st Century with no end in sight.
In centering Palestine’s modern history around settler-colonial discourses, Hatem Bazian offers a theoretical basis for understanding Palestine while avoiding the pitfalls of the internationally supported “peace process” that, on the one hand, affirms settler-colonial rights and, on the other hand, problematizes the colonialized and dispenses with the ramifications of the colonial project.
Excerpts from the book:
"A war to the end between Jews and Palestinians to resolve the current deadlock is not something to wish for or plan around. After the current wars in the region and the destruction that has been visited on Iraq, Syria and before that Afghanistan, the path that we need to take should not include war as an option. I come to this position not because of weakness of Palestinian resolve. . . but due to witnessing first hand the consequences that war has wrought on people in the region.
"Are Jews and Palestinians that fundamentally different that they can't imagine themselves in a de-colonized state with equality for all and a country that belongs to all citizens who wish to live and prosper together? This does mean that a fundamental shift must occur in Israel and the desire to be exclusivist and remain a settler colonial society must come to an immediate end."
Publisher Information:
Amrit Publishers, previously known as the Dutch publishing house Uitgeverij Amrit, is a publisher with a social mission to provide a platform for the voices of communities of color. Voices that tell hidden stories of the past and envision tales for the future.
Distributed by Eastwind Books of Berkeley
2066 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
email: eastwindbooks@gmail.com
Wholesale distribution to booksellers available. Contact: eastwindbooks@gmail.com
Published by Amrit, the book’s subtitle is taken directly from the letter of Theoder Herzl, the founder of modern political Zionism, to Great Britain’s Minister of Colonies Cecil Rhodes that sought support for the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine.
In 1902, Herzl wrote to Rhodes stating: “You are being invited to help make history. It doesn’t involve Africa, but a piece of Asia Minor; not Englishmen but Jews… How, then, do I happen to turn to you since this is an out-of-the-way matter for you? How indeed? Because it is something colonial.”
Palestine is the last settler colonial project to be commissioned in the late 19th early 20th centuries and still unfolding as we enter into the 21st Century with no end in sight.
In centering Palestine’s modern history around settler-colonial discourses, Hatem Bazian offers a theoretical basis for understanding Palestine while avoiding the pitfalls of the internationally supported “peace process” that, on the one hand, affirms settler-colonial rights and, on the other hand, problematizes the colonialized and dispenses with the ramifications of the colonial project.
Excerpts from the book:
"A war to the end between Jews and Palestinians to resolve the current deadlock is not something to wish for or plan around. After the current wars in the region and the destruction that has been visited on Iraq, Syria and before that Afghanistan, the path that we need to take should not include war as an option. I come to this position not because of weakness of Palestinian resolve. . . but due to witnessing first hand the consequences that war has wrought on people in the region.
"Are Jews and Palestinians that fundamentally different that they can't imagine themselves in a de-colonized state with equality for all and a country that belongs to all citizens who wish to live and prosper together? This does mean that a fundamental shift must occur in Israel and the desire to be exclusivist and remain a settler colonial society must come to an immediate end."
Publisher Information:
Amrit Publishers, previously known as the Dutch publishing house Uitgeverij Amrit, is a publisher with a social mission to provide a platform for the voices of communities of color. Voices that tell hidden stories of the past and envision tales for the future.
Distributed by Eastwind Books of Berkeley
2066 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
email: eastwindbooks@gmail.com
Wholesale distribution to booksellers available. Contact: eastwindbooks@gmail.com