Rebecca Stead

Rebecca Stead

An MA graduate of SOAS University of London studying in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic, Stead focuses on the history, culture and politics of Israel-Palestine specifically and the Levant more broadly. She has travelled in the region and studied Arabic in Jerusalem and Amman, and works in a freelance capacity for a number of journals and blogging platforms.

September 23, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

The Parisian

"Baris." He sighed. "It is where my life is." So Faruq Al-Azmeh, the "one other Arab on board the ship to Marseille", told an impressionable Midhat Kamal as he...

Published in: Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Review - Books, Reviews
August 21, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

'Gazans' access to medical care is a basic human right'

Cycling4Gaza will travel across four countries to highlight the freedoms enjoyed by many in Europe but denied to Palestinians in the occupied territories

Published in: Belgium, EU, Europe & Russia, Germany, International Organisations, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
August 19, 2019

#MyPalestinianSitty trends after Tlaib refuses to enter Israel

Last week US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib rejected an offer from Israel to visit her grandmother in the West Bank village of Beit Ur Al-Fouqa, after she and fellow Congresswoman...

Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, Twitter Trends, US
August 15, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Remembering Israel's 'disengagement' from Gaza

On 15 August 2005, Israel began its disengagement from the Gaza Strip, which it had occupied since the Six Day War of 1967

Published in: Israel, Middle East, On this day, Opinion, Palestine, Videos & Photo Stories
July 17, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

How one German political party is fighting Israel's BDS crackdown

"The idea of agitating against BDS played a big role here: to defame any kind of criticism of reactionary, imperialist government as anti-Semitic and any kind of solidarity...

Published in: Article, BDS, Europe & Russia, Germany, International Organisations, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine
July 4, 2019 | Rebecca Stead

Israel's Labor Party just signed its own death warrant

The Israeli Labor Party on Tuesday elected a new leader, Amir Peretz, to lead the faction ahead of Israel's upcoming general election on 17 September. Faced with a choice...

Published in: Article, Israel, Israeli Elections, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine