Yair Wallach
@yairwallach.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
I recommend @jewishcurrents.bsky.social recent podcast on Norman Finkelstein's disastrous appearance on this antisemite's podcast.
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I recommend @jewishcurrents.bsky.social recent podcast on Norman Finkelstein's disastrous appearance on this antisemite's podcast.
A Jewish Israeli volunteer who was assisting olive harvest in the West Bank, and a Palestinian first responder, bothlynched by settlers today.
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Jewish Israeli volunteer who was assisting olive harvest in the West Bank, and a Palestinian first responder, bothlynched by settlers today.
Haredi Kahanism with all its ugliness
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Haredi Kahanism with all its ugliness
This, Bashir Abu-Manneh in Jacobin only three weeks ago.
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This, Bashir Abu-Manneh in Jacobin only three weeks ago.
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
jacobin.com/2025/10/pale...
This is from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (the most reliable Palestinian pollsters) + Tel Aviv University (link in alt-text).
In West Bank+Gaza, there's a clear plurality for "Two states" (a decade ago, over 50% majority, now 40%). Dominant feeling is indeed despair.
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In West Bank+Gaza, there's a clear plurality for "Two states" (a decade ago, over 50% majority, now 40%). Dominant feeling is indeed despair.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This is from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (the most reliable Palestinian pollsters) + Tel Aviv University (link in alt-text).
In West Bank+Gaza, there's a clear plurality for "Two states" (a decade ago, over 50% majority, now 40%). Dominant feeling is indeed despair.
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In West Bank+Gaza, there's a clear plurality for "Two states" (a decade ago, over 50% majority, now 40%). Dominant feeling is indeed despair.
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There is not a single political party or mass movement in Palestine that advocates for this idea. Or in Israel for that matter.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
November 1, 2025 at 11:41 AM
There is not a single political party or mass movement in Palestine that advocates for this idea. Or in Israel for that matter.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
A British politician making such statement is doing imperialism pure and simple. Giving up on an independent Palestinian state is for Palestinians to decide on. Not you.
الزميل رائف زريق يكتب عن الإصرار على الحزن والحداد كنوع من المقاومة
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
الزميل رائف زريق يكتب عن الإصرار على الحزن والحداد كنوع من المقاومة
Give him the Nobel Peace Prize
October 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Give him the Nobel Peace Prize
الحمد لله رب العالمين
שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
October 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
الحمد لله رب العالمين
שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
שהחיינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
Damn it looks Iike I'll be out of a job soon
October 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Damn it looks Iike I'll be out of a job soon
Jerusalem tonight.
"We must resist against genocide"
"We must resist against genocide"
October 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Jerusalem tonight.
"We must resist against genocide"
"We must resist against genocide"
It is now clear: there will be a ceasefire agreement this week.
Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
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Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
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October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It is now clear: there will be a ceasefire agreement this week.
Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
1/
Most, if not all, hostages would be exchanged for 250 Palestinian prisoners and over 1000 detainees.
The Israeli military will withdraw from about half of the Gaza Strip (it currently directly occupies over 80%)
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שבת בבוקר, יום יפה
October 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
שבת בבוקר, יום יפה
That was the Israeli plan for Gaza City, by the way (ch12 news), for when it is established that Hamas gave a negative answer:
Everyone who stays in the city will be killed.
(Quarter of a million people are there; many cannot leave)
Everyone who stays in the city will be killed.
(Quarter of a million people are there; many cannot leave)
October 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
That was the Israeli plan for Gaza City, by the way (ch12 news), for when it is established that Hamas gave a negative answer:
Everyone who stays in the city will be killed.
(Quarter of a million people are there; many cannot leave)
Everyone who stays in the city will be killed.
(Quarter of a million people are there; many cannot leave)
By calling on Israel to suspend immediately all bombing of Gaza, Trump is demonstrating who's in the driver's seat - days after he published the humiliating picture of Netanyahu reading a dictated apology to the PM of Qatar.
October 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
By calling on Israel to suspend immediately all bombing of Gaza, Trump is demonstrating who's in the driver's seat - days after he published the humiliating picture of Netanyahu reading a dictated apology to the PM of Qatar.
Netanyahu's apology phone call to the leader of Qatar. He was given a script
September 30, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Netanyahu's apology phone call to the leader of Qatar. He was given a script
The future is bright
September 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The future is bright
The key issues that are still unclear:
-Timeline for Israeli withdrawal
-Extent and mechanism of Hamas "demilitarisation"
Theoretically, these are workable issues. However, this map is an absolute non-starter.
Hamas will not agree for Israel to stay in the "perimeter", and certainly not in Rafah
-Timeline for Israeli withdrawal
-Extent and mechanism of Hamas "demilitarisation"
Theoretically, these are workable issues. However, this map is an absolute non-starter.
Hamas will not agree for Israel to stay in the "perimeter", and certainly not in Rafah
September 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The key issues that are still unclear:
-Timeline for Israeli withdrawal
-Extent and mechanism of Hamas "demilitarisation"
Theoretically, these are workable issues. However, this map is an absolute non-starter.
Hamas will not agree for Israel to stay in the "perimeter", and certainly not in Rafah
-Timeline for Israeli withdrawal
-Extent and mechanism of Hamas "demilitarisation"
Theoretically, these are workable issues. However, this map is an absolute non-starter.
Hamas will not agree for Israel to stay in the "perimeter", and certainly not in Rafah
PS: here is another way to communicate the message.
September 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
PS: here is another way to communicate the message.
Trump: we're working to finalise the agreement, Hamas is "very much aware", Israel is "informed."
September 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Trump: we're working to finalise the agreement, Hamas is "very much aware", Israel is "informed."
"Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
Gaza City is being razed to the ground.
Images from the @nytimes.com
Gaza City is being razed to the ground.
Images from the @nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part"
Gaza City is being razed to the ground.
Images from the @nytimes.com
Gaza City is being razed to the ground.
Images from the @nytimes.com
Sadly, it's a widespread issue. Since COVID class attendance really dropped, students don't show up. Maybe move to zoom or provide short recorded lectures
September 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sadly, it's a widespread issue. Since COVID class attendance really dropped, students don't show up. Maybe move to zoom or provide short recorded lectures