To Free Everybody Through Inclusion

Leila Farsakh on Settler Colonial Violence and the Palestinian Path to Emancipation.

In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc Laczó, Leila Farsakh explains what has been truly novel and devastating about the conflict in Palestine and Israel this fall; discusses how the Israeli occupation has evolved in recent decades and what major consequences that has had; clarifies why she pleads for prioritizing citizenship rights for Palestinians over the partition paradigm of the last century; reflects on how Palestinian voices and the Palestinian struggle have acquired greater resonance in the United States; and sketches how a resolution based on equality might be achieved.

Leila Farsakh is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a widely recognized expert on Middle East politics, on comparative politics, and on the politics of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Her recent books include Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition (as editor) and The Arab and Jewish Questions: Geographies of Engagement in Palestine and Beyond (as co-editor with Bashir Bashir).