Why has Palestine become a defining fault line of contemporary politics? Challenging
mainstream narratives that reduce Palestine to ancient hatreds humanitarian tragedy or legal
abstractions Resisting Erasure places Israeli settler-colonialism within the broader
historical arc of imperialism race and fossil capitalism in the Middle East. Resisting
Erasure is a succinct and far-reaching critique of the socio-economic and political forces that
sustain the Israeli settler-colonial project. An essential introduction for anyone looking to
understand what Palestine reveals about the world – and what it demands of us today.
