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Public lecture delivered at the Fourth Annual Palestine Forum, jointly organized by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Institute for Palestine Studies, held from 24 to 26 January 2026.
In a new interview, Azmi Bishara warns Arab states must lead Gaza’s reconstruction without waiting for permission from the likes of Donald Trump and Israel
Besides political and ideological conflicts, the savagery of war and mass killing inspires several existential reflections.
Azmi Bishara speaks about Israeli Apartheid at the launch of Israeli Apartheid Week 2008 in Soweto, South Africa
In this interview (2004) Bishara examines how the state of Israel in its very definition cannot be a state for all of its citizens, considering the institutionalized inequality that exist
Only the Occupation cannot tell the difference between occupation and resistance. I am astonished by Arabs who support Israel against Hamas. I am astonished by those who think the number of terrorists is too small, and so decide to add Hamas to them.
Lately, Israeli officials have been reiterating the demand that the Palestinian National Authority recognise Israel as a Jewish state or as a state for the Jewish people. This is a significant notch up from the Israeli demand in the pre-Oslo period that the PLO "recognise Israel and renounce terrorism" as a precondition for talks.
The intimate relationship between religion and the state in Israel, as compared to other modern societies, stems from the total mutual identification between the religious and national affiliations in Zionist thought.
Opening lecture of "The Future of the Palestinian National Project" symposium 14-11-2015 (Doha) Lecturer: Dr. Azmi Bishara
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Bishara is particularly known for his research on civil society, nationalism theory, what he refers to as "the Arab question", religion and secularism
