Emad Moussa

Moussa

Dr Emad Moussa is a Palestinian-British researcher and writer specialising in the political psychology of intergroup and conflict dynamics, focusing on MENA with a special interest in Israel/Palestine. He has a background in human rights and journalism, and is currently a frequent contributor to multiple academic and media outlets, in addition to being a consultant for a US-based think tank.

Surviving through culture in post-Nakba Palestine

Deprived of statehood in the most traumatic fashion, Palestinians have kept their right of return alive by building a dynamic and thriving national culture. Through literature, art, music, fashion and theatre, the Palestinian dream lives on.

14 May, 2022

How Israel is de-Palestinising Jerusalem

Analysis: Since occupying and annexing East Jerusalem, Israel has enacted discriminatory legal and political policies to dispossess Palestinians.

02 May, 2022

The Mista'arvim: Israel's notorious undercover agents

In-depth: The Mista'arvim are an elite Israeli undercover unit whose operatives disguise themselves as Palestinians or Arabs to gather intelligence, infiltrate protests, and carry out assassinations.

18 April, 2022

Azmi Bishara's Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice

Book Club: Renowned Palestinian academic Azmi Bishara's latest book Palestine: Matters of Truth and Justice is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary investigation of the question of justice in Palestine, analysed through a moral and legislative lens.

08 April, 2022

How the Ukraine war is helping Israel's demographic project

Analysis: Seeking to maintain its Jewish demographic needs over Palestinians, Israel has already welcomed thousands of Ukrainian Jews with many more expected.

28 March, 2022

How Palestinian women are the 'womb' of the national project

An indispensable force in the drive for liberation, Palestinian women's contribution to the political and social resistance against Israel's occupation is ever-present. Yet, pervading ideas about masculinity in Palestine have hampered their efforts.

24 March, 2022

Why Ukraine is a stress test for Israel-Russia relations

Analysis: Given shared strategic interests with Russia, Israel has maintained a passive stance on Ukraine despite mounting pressure by Western allies. As the conflict escalates, Tel Aviv finds itself stuck in a political minefield.

09 March, 2022

How Israel's citizenship law legalises racism

Analysis: Israel's controversial citizenship law has been reinvigorated and reintroduced in the Knesset, adding to a number of laws that explicitly discriminate by ethnicity to restrict the rights of Palestinians in Israel.

22 February, 2022

'Viva Palestina': Chanting life and resistance in Palestine

Continuing their efforts to criminalise Palestinian activism in the UK, the Conservative Party's latest diatribe has been a threat to ban Palestinian chants, claiming that they are pro-Hamas. But what is the true history of Palestinian chants?

11 February, 2022

The growing international consensus on Israeli apartheid

Analysis: Israel's policies against Palestinians are growing ever more indefensible and the tactics used to justify or hide them are increasingly unconvincing.

07 February, 2022