Abstract

Birzeit University (BZU)—established in 1924 by the Nasir family—was born out of struggle and developed as a microcosm of the Palestinian national movement against the Zionist settler colonial state of Israel. This article explores specific moments of solidarity with BZU and beyond. I map out a genealogy of three modes of solidarity with Palestine analyzed in light of the political thought and praxis of Amilcar Cabral, Albert Camus, and Hannah Arendt. BZU has been an important and contested site for individual, collective, and universal solidarity initiatives, as gestures of solidarity have been made since 1974 and have continued since then, including the establishment of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel in 2004. In this article, I trace the shifting apathy, empathy, and sympathy expressed with the Palestinian struggle and BZU with a particular emphasis on initiatives by Jewish and Israeli intellectuals. Although this article is neither a chronology nor a moral taxonomy, it aims to produce an indigenous, de-orientalized, and de-colonized account of the meanings of solidarity with Palestine.

摘要

比尔泽特大学 (BZU) 由 Nasir 家族于 1924 年创立，诞生于斗争中，并发展成为巴勒斯坦民族运动反对犹太复国主义定居者殖民国以色列的缩影。本文探讨了与 BZU 及其他地方团结的具体时刻。我根据阿米尔卡·卡布拉尔、阿尔伯特·加缪和汉娜·阿伦特的政治思想和实践分析了与巴勒斯坦团结的三种模式的谱系。BZU 一直是个人、集体和普遍团结倡议的重要且有争议的场所，因为自 1974 年以来已经做出了团结的姿态，并从那时起一直在继续，包括 2004 年为抵制以色列学术和文化而发起的巴勒斯坦运动. 在这篇文章中，我追溯了不断变化的冷漠、同理心、并表达了对巴勒斯坦斗争和 BZU 的同情，特别强调了犹太和以色列知识分子的倡议。尽管本文既不是年表也不是道德分类法，但它旨在对声援巴勒斯坦的意义进行本土化、去东方化和去殖民化的描述。