Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. 2024 Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
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William Dalrymple and Sam Dalrymple:
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Fri 9 Jul 2027, Barbican Hall
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⭕️ Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser:
“The more I studied Zionism, the more I spent time there, the more I realized that every inch of Israel is Palestine. It was always Palestine.
Jews were never not allowed to live there as equal citizens, as they are in Britain or any other Western country. But the establishment of this state really did mean this massive ethnic cleansing that was not just a one-off.”
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"Peace will come when the Bibists love their children more than they hate us".
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If only the opposition bloc would stop being racist and form a coalition with Arab parties, this fascist and his fascist coalition could no longer remain in power.
100% correct
Netanyahu’s opponents have the votes to end his rule.
But in Israel, tribalism/colonialism trumps democracy, and ethnicity trumps citizenship.
Palestinian citizens of Israel turned out in record numbers. The Joint List and Ra’am won an historic 17 seats, the largest Arab representation in the Knesset’s history.
They are offering to save Israel by voting Netanyahu out.
All the opposition has to do is choose: a democracy for all its citizens, or Jewish supremacy enforced through military rule, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and permanent illegal occupation.
It is a choice, and the opposition will own it.
A “democracy” that denies its own citizens power because of their ethnicity/race is NO democracy at all. It is apartheid: authoritarianism with elections.
William Dalrymple retweeted
Netanyahu’s opponents have the votes to end his rule.
But in Israel, tribalism/colonialism trumps democracy, and ethnicity trumps citizenship.
Palestinian citizens of Israel turned out in record numbers. The Joint List and Ra’am won an historic 17 seats, the largest Arab representation in the Knesset’s history.
They are offering to save Israel by voting Netanyahu out.
All the opposition has to do is choose: a democracy for all its citizens, or Jewish supremacy enforced through military rule, apartheid, ethnic cleansing and permanent illegal occupation.
It is a choice, and the opposition will own it.
A “democracy” that denies its own citizens power because of their ethnicity/race is NO democracy at all. It is apartheid: authoritarianism with elections.
William Dalrymple retweeted
“Different Leaders, Same Outcome”
Speaking to Palestine Deep Dive, Benjamin Moser, American writer and author of Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History, and Irish journalist and commentator Barry Malone question whether the country’s political alternatives offer any meaningful difference on Gaza.
They challenge the media’s portrayal of the political contest as an existential choice, arguing that both sides support the continuation of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and the broader oppression of Palestinians, differing more in their approach than in their underlying policies.
Tune in tonight 7 PM GMT on Palestine Deep Dive’s YouTube channel and all podcast platforms for a wide-ranging conversation looking at Zionism and anti-Zionism past and present.
@AlnaouqA | @benjaminfmoser | @malonebarry
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Netanyahu's handpicked loyalist to head Israel's internal intelligence agency, Shin Bet, just lit a post-election firestorm by raising allegations of widespread vote buying among Arab-Israelis. Central Elections Commitee ordered Shin Bet to investigate 'severe suspicions' within a week.
Entire Netanyahu government & media mouthpieces already stating as fact that Qatar sent millions of dollars to influence the election. Clear bid to (at least) delegitimze Arab votes and (in extremis) call entire election into question & allege it was stolen. This is serious.
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Both sides refusing to work with Arab Israeli politicians but no, Israel is not an apartheid state.
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The official propaganda always tells us it’s the parties representing Palestinians which don’t want to be in government. The facts:
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An absurd piece. Lists all the reasons Israelis voted for Netanyahu - hatred, ethnic superiority, racism, religious messianism - and then concludes it was the … fear factor
ft.com/content/1631483b-69ee…
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How the mismatch between climate change and touristic aspirations is harming the Himalayas
An excerpt from Sonali Gupta’s essay in ‘The Living Himalaya: Rock, Sky, Spirit’, edited by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal.
scroll.in/article/1096581/ho…
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Apartheid South Africa embraced the exact same Hasbara as Apartheid Israel.
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And remember, Israel already has the requirement that anyone standing for election must uphold the Jewishness of the state, so these are people who have signed on to Zionism in principle.
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The Normans are usually thought of as a northern European story — England, Normandy, the Channel. Our final two Norman episodes with @peterfrankopan tell a completely different story: how Norman adventurers ended up as the most feared warriors in the Arab and Byzantine worlds. 🧵
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How To Academy Presents
William Dalrymple and Sam Dalrymple:
The Rise and Fall of the British Raj share.google/k9RSHZ2sGjmqiit…
Fri 9 Jul 2027, Barbican Hall
@howtoacademy
@SamDalrymple123
@BarbicanCentre
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New from @EmpirePodUK
The Normans in Southern Italy & Sicily
With the great Peter Frankopan
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New from @EmpirePodUK
The Normans in Southern Italy & Sicily
With the great Peter Frankopan
youtu.be/a5kVZ5waeXQ?is=SVnn…
Much looking forward to this tomorrow
RGU is honoured to confer Honoris Causa Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) upon Sri William Dalrymple, historian, author, and public intellectual, at its 6th Convocation on 30 October 2026! @EduMinOfIndia @DalrympleWill @ugc_india @MinOfCultureGoI @ASIGoI @meaindia1 @AICTE_INDIA
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RGU is honoured to confer Honoris Causa Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) upon Sri William Dalrymple, historian, author, and public intellectual, at its 6th Convocation on 30 October 2026! @EduMinOfIndia @DalrympleWill @ugc_india @MinOfCultureGoI @ASIGoI @meaindia1 @AICTE_INDIA