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Richard Jackson

@fr33palest1ne.bsky.social
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Professor of Peace Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Keen cyclist, guitarist in The Dee Street Band. Free Palestine from the river to the sea.

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Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our host institution (@kent.ac.uk) is hiring a permanent Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis. Please share to your networks! jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in International Conflict Analysis
On the 1 August 2026, The University of Greenwich and the University of Kent will form a pioneering new multi-university group called London and South- East (LASE) University Group. Should you join us...
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Berghahn Books @berghahnbooks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
TERRORISM IN QUESTION: Decolonizing Anthropology and the Study of Islam by Irfan Ahmad @sociologistirfan.bsky.social has now been published! Find out more here: bit.ly/4x1joQW Review by @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social #PoliticalAnthropology #Anthropology #AnthropologyOfReligion #ConflictStudies
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is one of the first articles published in a terrorism studies journal on Israeli state terrorism. It's open access and free to read. Please share widely. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Israeli state terrorism: knowledge, power and the “public secret”
This article examines the puzzle of why, despite extensive documentation of Israel’s practices of state terrorism, it remains for the most part unacknowledged and unspoken – “unknown” in epistemolo...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Check out my new article. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Israeli state terrorism: knowledge, power and the “public secret”
This article examines the puzzle of why, despite extensive documentation of Israel’s practices of state terrorism, it remains for the most part unacknowledged and unspoken – “unknown” in epistemolo...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
A few comments on the latest developments in the Gulf. www.iheart.com/podcast/1049...
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Did the US just prove military power doesn’t work anymore? - The Front Page | iHeart
<p>Donald Trump has backed down again on threats towards Iran.</p> <p>In a social media post, the President said he has agreed &ldquo;to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two week...
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philsmithcross.bsky.social @philsmithcross.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Someone asked me some questions about the current attack on Iran. www.iheart.com/podcast/1049...
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'They’ve got a plan': Expert says US, Israel misread Iran’s strength - The Front Page
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
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It is Dark Before the Dawn
Israeli Settler Colonialism Is At an End
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Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
My university has inked a deal with an Israeli cyber war giant. What a Shonda www.odt.co.nz/opinion/otag...
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Otago is lining up with an Israeli cyber war giant
A new partner for the University of Otago is a major concern Olivier Jutel, David Jenkins, Richard Jackson and Fairleigh Gilmour write. The...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
A brilliant analysis of the University of Otago and its shameful decision to join the military-security complex. iso.org.nz/2026/03/22/t...
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The Neoliberal University Meets Spies and Big Tech
Universities in New Zealand today are well-known to be structurally underfunded, being handed funding shortfalls (in real terms) by consecutive governments. That puts these institutions in a precariou...
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Israeli soldiers shot them for pleasure as Palestinians were desperately trying to secure food for their families. Harrowing newly released videos taken by Aid Worker David Macintosh.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Hey, remember the last time when military intervention led to peace, security and stability? No, me either. But I am sure it will work this time.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Just heard a colleague quip, 'Benjamin Netanyahu is the worst US president in living memory!' Brilliant!
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Drew Abides @drewabides.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
You could make this up, but you don’t need to.
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Jules or Τζουλς 🕊️🍉 @katsikajules.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Palestinian Genocide. It has a name. The UN Commission found Israel guilty of four out of five acts specified in Article 2 of the 1948 Genocide Convention against Palestinians
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Israel's apologists spent over 2 years sowing distrust in the official Gaza death toll. Now the Israeli army quietly accepts that it is actually an underestimate. Eternal shame for the atrocity deniers. They must never be absolved of their guilt.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Israel has suddenly accepted the official Gaza death toll. That's after over two years of claiming that it's 'Hamas propaganda'. The truth? The figure is so much higher 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israel-sud...
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Cliff PervoSCARY @pervocracy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
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Holding firm for Gaza in Ōtepoti
As the first steps appear to be underway to end the war in Gaza, those in Dunedin supporting a just peace are clear what needs to happen. Tom...
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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
UN Commission of Inquiry concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. We welcome this report and call for an immediate escalation in pressure on states to impose sanctions on Israel now. Join our #DisruptComplicity Global Weekend of Action, 18 - 21 September. loom.ly/gnUoYQY
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Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
The introduction for this special issue was written by @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social, Griffin Leonard, Aidan Gnoth, Joseph Llewellyn, and Tonga Karena!
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
It's a genocide and we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to stop it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...
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Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
This. www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/the-...
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The dam of Gaza genocide denial has broken
A hard-hitting analysis by genocide scholar Martin Shaw of how politicians and the media long denied there was a genocide…
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Olivier Jutel 🇵🇸 @ojutel.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
An Otago Student General Meeting just passed a BDS motion 200 Ayes to a single Nay! This after executive council voted to disregard a BDS referendum. The hero of the day Politics Rep Jett Groshinski who called the meeting in defiance of exec. Hats off to Otago Students for Justice in Palestine.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Amplify Palestine @amplifypalestine.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
"We rarely leave the house anymore, afraid our legs might give out. It already happened to my sister: while searching on the streets for something, anything, to feed her children, she suddenly collapsed to the ground."
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
This is a brilliant analysis of what's going on in the Middle East right now and how to understand it in historical context. www.securityincontext.org/posts/wester...
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Western governments are lying to their people about Israel’s attack on Iran. This is a war to ‘remake’ the Middle East
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Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Excited to see a major article from my doctoral research, Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand, out at Social Movement Studies (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Diffusion as a colonizing process and the challenges of decolonizing Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa New Zealand
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) model, including three demands and a disruptive theory of change, were transferred from the imperial center of the United Kingdom to Aotearoa. Initially activists assu...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If you ever wondered what you would do during a genocide, you're doing it now.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
It's a genocide. www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
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Even Once Reluctant Scholars Now Agree on Israel's Gaza Assault: It's a Genocide | Common Dreams
Is Israel committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza? Leading international experts say yes, with the majority of their peers in academia concurring. The debate is shifting as the death toll ris...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The Otago Declaration on Palestine. asiapacificreport.nz/2025/05/12/o...
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Otago academics plan declaration on Palestine to ‘face daily horrors’ | Asia Pacific Report
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Rania @umyaznemo.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Being pro humanity is being pro Palestine!
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Kyle Matthews @kylermatthews.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Otago alumni may want to sign this Declaration on the Situation in Palestine: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE
THE OTAGO DECLARATION ON THE SITUATION IN PALESTINE We, the staff, students and graduates, being members of the University of Otago, make the following declaration. We fully and completely recogniz...
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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvp.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Words from @theimeu: Today marks 77 years since the massacre of Deir Yassin, an atrocity that came to define the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 to establish the state of Israel on stolen Palestinian land.
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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
One of the hardest things about watching the Palestinian genocide is the certain knowledge that one day, when the weight of evidence silences all denial, and when it's no longer risky to say it aloud, everyone will exclaim how terrible it was and how they were always against it.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
In every atrocity in history, the silent are always principal players. Those who remain silent over Israel's genocide are enabling it to continue. Their cowardice is paid in the blood of thousands of innocent Palestinians. New column 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Imagine if all those who are silent about the terrible evil being committed in Gaza spoke up | Owen Jones
No crime in history has been so well documented by its victims. And yet inaction and censorship reign, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Yet another detailed report documenting Israel's genocide in Gaza. One day justice will come. www.alhaq.org/publications...
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Al-Haq Publishes New Report: “The Systematic Destruction of Gaza’s Healthcare System: A Pattern of Genocide”
After 15 months of continuing genocide against the Palestinian people, Al-Haq releases a new report: &amp;ldquo;The Systematic Destruction of Gaza&amp;rsquo;s Healthcare System: A Pattern of Genocide&...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
This is why 'institutional neutrality' is wrong.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
There's no point to the war, just mass killing of Palestinians. Israeli society is morally bankrupt. www.democracynow.org/2024/12/27/l...
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Gideon Levy on Israel’s “Moral Blindness”: Gaza Babies Freeze; Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters
In northern Gaza, the director of the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital says five medical workers were among 50 people killed in Israeli strikes near the hospital. Israeli forces then stormed the hospital...
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The impossibility of establishing a settler colonial state today. aje.io/scob5c
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Genocide Israel is living in the past
A state founded on apartheid and settler colonialism is no longer viable.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Merry Christmas from Gaza.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Great to see this. BDS is working. We need to keep going. It may be the only thing that will stop the genocide, end the ethnic cleansing, stop the land grab and end the apartheid in Israel.
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Richard Jackson @fr33palest1ne.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Today, I am ashamed of the University of Otago. At the university council meeting they refused to adopt a motion to disclose and divest from Israel and its genocide. More than a year of genocide and they haven't said anything or done anything. So much for its values. Shame.
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our new special issue on 'What the War on Terror Leaves Behind' is now out! 9 amazing *open access* articles on topics including social policy, proscription, climate change, nuclear politics, monstrosity, coloniality, anarchism, securitisation, nuclear politics, & critical theory (Thread 1/12)
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The special issue's final piece, by @michaellister.bsky.social & me, asks what happens to critical security thinking when its ideas and arguments achieve (or appear to achieve) wider currency: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (Thread, 11/12)
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Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream? | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Critical security research and the war on terror: From the margins to the mainstream?
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
This article by @andrewfutter.bsky.social & Benjamin Zala focuses on the return of nuclear great power politics including in the Euro-Atlantic, Western Pacific, & Global South: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (Thread, 10/12)
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The return of nuclear great power politics (or why we stopped worrying about terrorists and the bomb) | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
The return of nuclear great power politics (or why we stopped worrying about terrorists and the bomb)
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Lee Jarvis @leejarvis.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Our next article by @mattuq.bsky.social contrasts the treatment of terrorism and climate change by Western states. In it, he highlights the vast disconnect between the harm each issue causes, & their prominence within contemporary security imaginaries: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (Thread 9/12)
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Emergency measures? Terrorism and climate change on the security agenda | European Journal of International Security | Cambridge Core
Emergency measures? Terrorism and climate change on the security agenda
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