5LL #280: Palestinians, Rights, Hospitals, Protests, Bosses
What Does It Mean to Be Palestinian Now?
Noura Erakat, Ahmed Moor, Noor Hindi, Mohammed El-Kurd and Laila Al-Arian, The Nation
After October 7, this question has become a matter of grave importance, amid crackdowns on free speech and protest. Five writers reflect on the state of Palestinian life today.
Palestine’s Martyrdom Upends the World of Law
Bassem Saad, Protean
Palestinian martyrdom crosses the boundary between secular and theological, suffusing the gap left by the absence of the right to have rights.
A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza
Isaac Chotiner and Seema Jilani, The New Yorker
No space, no supplies, and harrowing life-and-death decisions.
Bridge and Tunnel Crowd
Arielle Isack, The Baffler
Gaza is everybody’s problem.
The Dictatorship of the Bosses
Amir Hernandez, The Brooklyn Rail
The dictatorial patterns behind American-led corporate and military complexes are samples of general trends in the modern capitalist system.