Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
Ramona Wadi- In Zionist colonial ideology, universities provided both space and physical presence for settler colonialism and violence to thrive.
Book Author(s):Maya Wind
Published Date:2024
Publisher:Verso Books
ISBN-13:9781804291740
“Israeli universities are not independent of the Israeli security state but, rather, serve as an extension of its violence.” Describing a raid by Shin Bet on Birzeit University in April 2022, Maya Wind sets the scene for her book Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom (Verso Books, 2024). Prior to Israel’s establishment, Zionism had already foreseen the role universities would play in shaping and maintaining the forthcoming settler colonial entity in Palestine.
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