This lecture examines the October 7, 2023 Operation Tufan al-Aqsa and the subsequent genocide in Gaza as a critical juncture that exposes both the fragility and adaptability of colonial power. Operating within an unresolved tension between two competing theses—Israel's possible implosion under its own contradictions versus the normalization of its exceptionalist logic on a global scale—the talk analyzes how a single rupture in the Zionist security apparatus has catalyzed a transformation of sovereignty itself.
Abdaljawad Omar is a Palestinian writer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Studies as Birzeit University. His work explores the intersections of political thought, resistance, and settler colonialism, with a particular focus on the intellectual and affective histories of resistance.
Sohail Daulatzai is a Professor of Film & Media Studies, African American Studies, and Global Middle East Studies at UC Irvine.
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