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John Strawson is an author and law professor at the University of East London School of Law, where he teaches International law and Middle East Studies.

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Book Review | Israel’s Moment: International Support and Opposition to Establishing the Jewish State, 1945-1949

By John Strawson
 Herf’s book forensically demolishes the myth that the West set out to create Israel to promote its interests.... Read more > July 2022

Communists for the Jewish State: British Communists and the Daily Worker in 1948

By John Strawson
 'The British Mandate in Palestine is now ended and the Jewish State of Israel has been proclaimed …... Read more > September 2020

The Word Crimes Controversy (6) | A personal reflection by John Strawson

By John Strawson
 John Strawson was a contributor to the Word Crimes issue of Israel Studies Journal. He also taught in... Read more > July 2019

Book Review | Self-Determination, Statehood and the Law of Negotiation: The Case of Palestine

By John Strawson
 Robert Barnidge’s important book seeks to persuade us to view the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through the prism of what... Read more > December 2018

Book Review | Colonialism and the Jews

By John Strawson
 Jews, like other peoples, have been much affected by the history of colonialism and empire. The Babylonian exile... Read more > Article

Book review | Israel and Palestine Alternative Perspectives on Statehood

By John Strawson
 It is extraordinary that 70 years after the UN partition resolution we are still discussing the future of... Read more > Spring 2017

Perry Anderson’s House of Zion: A Symposium | John Strawson

By John Strawson
 One-State is a Trap for Two Peoples in Palestine and Israel Editorial introduction to the Symposium: Perry Anderson’s... Read more > Spring 2016

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Our Voice of the Fortnight is part of our series on Gaza after Hamas, and comes from Fathom contributor Rob Geist Pinfold, speaking here to France 24.

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Israeli soldiers and Ultra Orthodox jews pray at a staging area near the Israeli-Gaza border, southern Israel, 28 November 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

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