Memorial Book Launch: "Settler Indigeneity in the West Bank"

Please join the Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies on Wednesday, November 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM ET for a memorial book launch of "Settler Indigeneity in the West Bank", in honour of Dr. Haim Katsman Z"L. 

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Where:

Azrieli Institute Reading Room

2155 Guy St. Suite 740

(Zoom option available)

"Settler Indigeneity in the West Bank" 

Edited by Rachel Z. Feldman and Ian McGonigle

"Hayim Katsman, a peace activist with a Ph.D., was murdered by Hamas on Kibbutz Holit. In dying, he saved three lives — a woman whom he shielded, and the two children that she, in turn, later saved." 

Dr. Katsman was a contributor in "Settler Indigeneity in the West Bank". (Ch. 5)

Speakers:

- Rachel Feldman (Dartmouth College)

- Ariel Handel (Bezalel Academy for Art and Design in Jerusalem)

- Emily Schneider (Northern Arizona University)

Abstract:

"Since Israel conquered the West Bank, formerly held by Jordan, in 1967, over 400,000 settlers have moved into the territory. In recent years, Israeli settler organizations and allied American-Jewish lobbyists have responded to international condemnation of the occupation by mobilizing narratives of indigeneity, claiming sovereign and divine rights to the land."... Continue reading

We will be showing parts of Ian McGonigle’s film, “Redemption” - Watch trailer