Irit Katz
@irit-katz.bsky.social
Studying spaces of conflict, displacement, refuge, and environmental changes and the poetics and poetics of inhabitation. Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College.
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Important article by Irit Katz www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Humanitarianism - Irit Katz - Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism
Among the modes of violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza Strip in the aggression that followed the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, three had specific spatial dimensions of humanitarian implication...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Important article by Irit Katz www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism - my analysis on the spatial violence in Gaza and beyond and the risk of its continuation in other ways - now on @eflux.bsky.social
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Humanitarianism - Irit Katz - Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism
Among the modes of violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza Strip in the aggression that followed the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, three had specific spatial dimensions of humanitarian implication...
www.e-flux.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism - my analysis on the spatial violence in Gaza and beyond and the risk of its continuation in other ways - now on @eflux.bsky.social
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism - my analysis on the spatial violence in Gaza and beyond and the risk of its continuation in other ways - now on @eflux.bsky.social
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Humanitarianism - Irit Katz - Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism
Among the modes of violence inflicted by Israel on the Gaza Strip in the aggression that followed the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, three had specific spatial dimensions of humanitarian implication...
www.e-flux.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Gaza, Stripped: Displacement, Destruction, and Necro-Humanitarianism - my analysis on the spatial violence in Gaza and beyond and the risk of its continuation in other ways - now on @eflux.bsky.social
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Thank you @alucidwake.bsky.social for your invaluable support
www.e-flux.com/architecture...
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Important new books release today:
-Fortress Power by Derek S. Denman.
"A fascinating account of the centrality of the fortress."
— @irit-katz.bsky.social
-Opposition by Imitation by Christina Jerne.
"Radically new directions for thinking about social movements."
—Kevin McDonald
-Fortress Power by Derek S. Denman.
"A fascinating account of the centrality of the fortress."
— @irit-katz.bsky.social
-Opposition by Imitation by Christina Jerne.
"Radically new directions for thinking about social movements."
—Kevin McDonald
July 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Important new books release today:
-Fortress Power by Derek S. Denman.
"A fascinating account of the centrality of the fortress."
— @irit-katz.bsky.social
-Opposition by Imitation by Christina Jerne.
"Radically new directions for thinking about social movements."
—Kevin McDonald
-Fortress Power by Derek S. Denman.
"A fascinating account of the centrality of the fortress."
— @irit-katz.bsky.social
-Opposition by Imitation by Christina Jerne.
"Radically new directions for thinking about social movements."
—Kevin McDonald
Horrific yet unsurprising:
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Horrific yet unsurprising:
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty in order to bomb them -
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty to bomb them
The army is using a crude algorithm to declare neighborhoods cleared of residents and carry out airstrikes, a joint investigation reveals.
www.972mag.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Israel is falsely designating Gaza areas as empty in order to bomb them -
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/israel-gaza-...
IDF officer admitted that the crowds around the ‘humanitarian' sites were managed with live fire: 'The army treated civilians like suspects entering a combat zone'
Only now they admit it, after blaming Hamas while gaslighting the international community, incl the US
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
Only now they admit it, after blaming Hamas while gaslighting the international community, incl the US
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
Testimonies: IDF responsible for lethal shootings near U.S.-led aid site in Gaza
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www.haaretz.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
IDF officer admitted that the crowds around the ‘humanitarian' sites were managed with live fire: 'The army treated civilians like suspects entering a combat zone'
Only now they admit it, after blaming Hamas while gaslighting the international community, incl the US
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
Only now they admit it, after blaming Hamas while gaslighting the international community, incl the US
www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...
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An urgent short piece on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from an urban studies / urban planning perspective. Written by my colleague and good friend Irit Katz.
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
The aid plan supported by Israel and the US has more to do with control than compassion.
theconversation.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
An urgent short piece on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza from an urban studies / urban planning perspective. Written by my colleague and good friend Irit Katz.
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
The aid plan supported by Israel and the US has more to do with control than compassion.
theconversation.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
My short piece at @theconversation.com
I've discussed parts @refugeestudies.bsky.social in January
Now its more horrific than anyone then expected
Please share
theconversation.com/lethal-human...
Reposted by Irit Katz
The aid plan supported by Israel and the US has more to do with control than compassion.
Lethal humanitarianism: why violence at Gaza aid centres should not come as a surprise
The aid plan supported by Israel and the US has more to do with control than compassion.
tcnv.link
June 4, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The aid plan supported by Israel and the US has more to do with control than compassion.