Asim Qureshi
@asimqureshi.bsky.social
Research Director at CAGE International. Author of Rules of the Game: Detention Deportation Disappearance (2009), A Virtue of Disobedience (2019), When Only God Can See: The Faith Muslim Political Prisoners (2024); and editor of I Refuse to Condemn (2020).
While Sai Englert's work shows the trajectory of Zionist thinking learning from settler colonialism during the period of European colonisation, what is less known, is the extent to which Revisionist Zionism is heavily influenced by fascism.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
While Sai Englert's work shows the trajectory of Zionist thinking learning from settler colonialism during the period of European colonisation, what is less known, is the extent to which Revisionist Zionism is heavily influenced by fascism.
Benzion Netanyahu was deeply influed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and his book 'The Iron Wall' which continues to find salience in the current Likud Party. Benjamin Netanyahu fully accepts the role tha Jabotinsky's writings have had in informing his politics and beliefs.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Benzion Netanyahu was deeply influed by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and his book 'The Iron Wall' which continues to find salience in the current Likud Party. Benjamin Netanyahu fully accepts the role tha Jabotinsky's writings have had in informing his politics and beliefs.
Professor al-Arian highlights how the founding principles of Revisionist Zionism - now in power in 'Israel' - requires belief in territorial maximalism, and thus the exclusion of all Arabs.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Professor al-Arian highlights how the founding principles of Revisionist Zionism - now in power in 'Israel' - requires belief in territorial maximalism, and thus the exclusion of all Arabs.
The purposeful displacement of the Palestinian people and their cantonement in a suffocating small open air concentration camp, for Dr Englert, led to a cocktail of conditions that resulted in the attacks on 7 October 2023 - a day that cannot be divorced from setterl colonialism.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The purposeful displacement of the Palestinian people and their cantonement in a suffocating small open air concentration camp, for Dr Englert, led to a cocktail of conditions that resulted in the attacks on 7 October 2023 - a day that cannot be divorced from setterl colonialism.
The settler colonial identity of the Zionist state cannot be denied, as it drew so heavily on colonisation as a model for its own existence. This would be crystallised in the thinking and works of Zeev Jabotinsky - the ideological forebear of Benjamin Netanyahu.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The settler colonial identity of the Zionist state cannot be denied, as it drew so heavily on colonisation as a model for its own existence. This would be crystallised in the thinking and works of Zeev Jabotinsky - the ideological forebear of Benjamin Netanyahu.
The idea of a loyal Jewish state surrounded by Arab hostility wasn't just one that occupied the imagination of the founding Zionists, it has remained central to British interests in the region, and later to the US as well. The colonial character of Zionism is well understood.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The idea of a loyal Jewish state surrounded by Arab hostility wasn't just one that occupied the imagination of the founding Zionists, it has remained central to British interests in the region, and later to the US as well. The colonial character of Zionism is well understood.
Citing extensively from early Zionist sources, he evidences how from the very founding documentation, the emphasis of Zionists was always on the population displacement of the Palestinian people.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Citing extensively from early Zionist sources, he evidences how from the very founding documentation, the emphasis of Zionists was always on the population displacement of the Palestinian people.
He sets how settler colonialism is a strategy of "accumulation on a world scale" - that is builds lasting societies that control land and territory, at the expense of Indigenous peoples.
May 12, 2025 at 8:21 PM
He sets how settler colonialism is a strategy of "accumulation on a world scale" - that is builds lasting societies that control land and territory, at the expense of Indigenous peoples.
For Shlaim, this is all made much more profound by the Zionist state's ultimate status as an apartheid regime - one that like John Dugard, cannot be looked past. Thus, due to the apartheid nature "the whole debate about Israel's so-called right to exist becomes an irrelevance"
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For Shlaim, this is all made much more profound by the Zionist state's ultimate status as an apartheid regime - one that like John Dugard, cannot be looked past. Thus, due to the apartheid nature "the whole debate about Israel's so-called right to exist becomes an irrelevance"
What his report does, is to express how utterly ludicrous the demands of both the Zionist Labour and Likud parties are of the Palestinian people - and Hamas in particular.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What his report does, is to express how utterly ludicrous the demands of both the Zionist Labour and Likud parties are of the Palestinian people - and Hamas in particular.
As Professor Shlaim explains - the UK government's proscription of Hamas directly relates to the refusal of the group to recognise 'Israel' as a legitimate state, but that has little to do with its legitimacy or Hamas being a terrorist organisation. This has much wider effects.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As Professor Shlaim explains - the UK government's proscription of Hamas directly relates to the refusal of the group to recognise 'Israel' as a legitimate state, but that has little to do with its legitimacy or Hamas being a terrorist organisation. This has much wider effects.
As someone who lived through apartheid, John Dugard makes plain how the Zionist state is not exempt from the ostracisation that was levelled at the white South African apartheid regime.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As someone who lived through apartheid, John Dugard makes plain how the Zionist state is not exempt from the ostracisation that was levelled at the white South African apartheid regime.
Professor Dugard further questions the legality of the Zionist state's present policies: the unlawful occupation and status as an apartheid state.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Professor Dugard further questions the legality of the Zionist state's present policies: the unlawful occupation and status as an apartheid state.
After the end of the British Mandate on 14 May 1949 and the declaration of the Zionist state, the correct position under international law is that 'Israel' forcibly seceded from the Mandate Terroritory. Making its moral claim not only dubious, but incorrect.
May 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
After the end of the British Mandate on 14 May 1949 and the declaration of the Zionist state, the correct position under international law is that 'Israel' forcibly seceded from the Mandate Terroritory. Making its moral claim not only dubious, but incorrect.
Enjoyed this translation of Wisam Rafeedie’s The Trinity of Fundamentals, a fictionalised account of his time in the Zionist occupation prisons. Yeah get a real understanding of how, even in the act of hiding, resistance movements maintain their dignity.
February 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Enjoyed this translation of Wisam Rafeedie’s The Trinity of Fundamentals, a fictionalised account of his time in the Zionist occupation prisons. Yeah get a real understanding of how, even in the act of hiding, resistance movements maintain their dignity.
As Adam shows in his chapter, moral panics are created by the media, police and political class - which then feed into the very notion that certain minority groups have a specific problem, but this narrative is of their creation.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As Adam shows in his chapter, moral panics are created by the media, police and political class - which then feed into the very notion that certain minority groups have a specific problem, but this narrative is of their creation.
From Chapter 1 of the book - we signalled our intent through Shenaz Bunglawala. The new rule should be to refuse to condemn. Her data driven work showed explicitly how condemning provided no respite whatsoever - rather condemning reinforced racist stereotypes.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
From Chapter 1 of the book - we signalled our intent through Shenaz Bunglawala. The new rule should be to refuse to condemn. Her data driven work showed explicitly how condemning provided no respite whatsoever - rather condemning reinforced racist stereotypes.
I wanted to include diverse voices in our collection because the attitude that goes into these news rooms is so common. This anecdote from Adam Elliott-Cooper is indicative of how normal racist assumptions are.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I wanted to include diverse voices in our collection because the attitude that goes into these news rooms is so common. This anecdote from Adam Elliott-Cooper is indicative of how normal racist assumptions are.
I can't believe that 5 years after publishing our book 'I Refuse to Condemn' and ten years since the anniversary of this interview, we are still being asked to condemn in order to prove that we are human beings.
January 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I can't believe that 5 years after publishing our book 'I Refuse to Condemn' and ten years since the anniversary of this interview, we are still being asked to condemn in order to prove that we are human beings.
Thinking of my friend Dr Abbas Khan this morning. A wonderful man who was martyred by Assad's forces in the course of trying to use his medical skills to aid the Syrians. Allah yarhamahu, ameen.
December 12, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Thinking of my friend Dr Abbas Khan this morning. A wonderful man who was martyred by Assad's forces in the course of trying to use his medical skills to aid the Syrians. Allah yarhamahu, ameen.
In talks on my new book with Walaa Quisay, we’ve been highlighting how the military industrial complex in Egypt and Pakistan is so similar. What we see in Pakistan a decade after the Rabaa massacre is the manifestation of those similarities in the killing of protestors.
November 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM
In talks on my new book with Walaa Quisay, we’ve been highlighting how the military industrial complex in Egypt and Pakistan is so similar. What we see in Pakistan a decade after the Rabaa massacre is the manifestation of those similarities in the killing of protestors.
For those familiar with the murders, executions, and enforced disappearances and torture in post-9/11 Pakistan - such videos of the military are not surprising at all based on testimony we gathered over the last 23 years. It’s just that it’s now being caught on video.
November 27, 2024 at 11:54 AM
For those familiar with the murders, executions, and enforced disappearances and torture in post-9/11 Pakistan - such videos of the military are not surprising at all based on testimony we gathered over the last 23 years. It’s just that it’s now being caught on video.
One of the most detailed accounts of Palestinian resistance from the Nakba through to Oslo - showing how tactics varied based on the exigencies of different moments of Palestinians demanding their right to self determination.
I hope @yezidsayigh.bsky.social will follow up from 93 to today.
I hope @yezidsayigh.bsky.social will follow up from 93 to today.
November 26, 2024 at 4:50 PM
One of the most detailed accounts of Palestinian resistance from the Nakba through to Oslo - showing how tactics varied based on the exigencies of different moments of Palestinians demanding their right to self determination.
I hope @yezidsayigh.bsky.social will follow up from 93 to today.
I hope @yezidsayigh.bsky.social will follow up from 93 to today.
This passage in the 2024 @CIJ_ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel’s policies in the OPT tells us how the resources we funnel into Palestine ultimately go back into contribution to Israel’s economy as they control the entire means of reconstruction.
November 23, 2024 at 1:55 PM
This passage in the 2024 @CIJ_ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel’s policies in the OPT tells us how the resources we funnel into Palestine ultimately go back into contribution to Israel’s economy as they control the entire means of reconstruction.