Ilana Feldman

Bio: 

Ilana Feldman is Professor of Anthropology, History, and International Affairs at George Washington University and an editor of Middle East Report. She recently published Life Lived in Relief: Humanitarian Predicaments and Palestinian Refugee Politics.


Articles by this Author
Gaza as an Open-Air Prison

In February, the well-known British street artist Banksy went to the Gaza Strip to draw attention to the plight of Palestinians in the aftermath of the devastating Israeli assault the previous summer. With regard to the murals he painted around...

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Fifty Years of Occupation

June 5, 2017 is the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, which culminated in the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, among other transformations of regional politics....

Editorial

In a world awash with violent, large-scale displacements and with borders closed to refugees across Europe, the United States and Australia, much has been said about the failures of humanitarian compassion. Reports abound of migrants left to...

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Trump’s Full Spectrum Assault on Palestinian Politics

The Trump Administration announced on August 31, 2018 that it was ceasing all US contributions to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), rejecting what it termed “an irredeemably flawed operation.”...