Adi Ophir

The One-State Condition: Guided Imagination
Imagine a Middle Eastern democracy not based on negation of the Middle East; one which embraces the Mizrahi Jew, woman and the Arab, the Muslim and the Christian, granting Judaism a truly safe haven, a living space in which the memory of annihilation does not become a concrete, imminent threat. An excerpt from The One-State…
By +972 Magazine November 1, 2012
Nakba
Occupation & Nakba: Interview with Ariella Azoulay & Adi Ophir
Professors Adi Ophir and Ariella Azoulay have been at the forefront of academic research regarding Israel’s maintenance of the West Bank and Gaza Strip Occupation.  In 2008, they co-authored the definitive Hebrew text on Israel’s occupation; This Regime Which is Not One: Occupation and Democracy between the River and the Sea (1967- ). Recently, Professor…
By Joseph Dana May 14, 2011
The occupation: it’s about controlling land and space
True, there are no large-scale killings of civilians in the West Bank. But that’s not what Israel’s control of the West Bank is about It is often mentioned that Israel’s war against the Palestinian people does not fall under the rubric of truly violent crime because of the absence of large scale killing of Palestinian civilians. Indeed,…
By Joseph Dana January 19, 2011
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