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SUMMARY:GDI Lecture: The War on Gaza: Historical Context and Future Possi
 bilities
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DESCRIPTION:Israeli and Western officials deal with events of October 7 a
 s an isolated incident of violence and as animosity against Jews. Contex
 tualising events provides a different interpretation. It is not to justi
 fy what happed\, rather to understand and assess these events in wider p
 olitical context\, with specific reference to escalating settler attacks
  in the West Bank and Israel’s close surveillance of Palestinians in Isr
 ael. \n\nPlacing contemporary and ongoing events in historical context r
 equires us to refer back to a long and deeply inhuman history of violenc
 e\, dispossession and colonisation. The concept of transfer has been ins
 cribed in Zionist ideology from an early stage of the project. There are
  different tools and tactics used to achieve these goals\, including wag
 ing a genocidal war\, as with the recent case of Gaza. On 26 January 202
 4\, therefore\, the ICJ found that Israeli is plausibly committing a gen
 ocide and should take measure to prevent it. As Israel continued to brea
 ch the genocide convention by blocking humanitarian aid that spread fami
 ne and starvation\, the ICJ order Israel to take further measures to pre
 vent genocide on 6 March 2024.\n\nPalestinians\, however\, are not losin
 g hope. They insist to resist and steadfast. Supported by international 
 solidarity groups\, they are demanding justice and freedom. \n\nDr Nadia
  Naser-Najjab is senior lecturer in Palestine Studies and the Program Di
 rector of the MA Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter.\n\nThis 
 lecture has been organised in collaboration with GDI Students for Palest
 ine.
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Theatre A\, Simon Building\, Manchester
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