Ahmad H. Sa'di is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of Thorough Surveillance: The Genesis of Israeli Policies of Population Management (2014) and Surveillance & Political Control towards the Palestinians (2013), and the co-editor of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory (2007). He was formerly a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Waseda, Japan, as well as The National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Columbia University, US.Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic based in the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. His authored books include Palestine Across Millennia: A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions (I.B.Tauris, 2021) and Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History (Zed, 2018) and he has co-edited An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba (Zed, 2018) and The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel” (Zed, 2007) among many others.

This edited volume is undoubtedly an essential step in decolonizing the study of Palestine. Its richness and methodological accuracy allow us to insert it in the general debate of decolonizing academia from an Indigenous-Native perspective.

• Introduction, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK and Ahmad Sa'di, University of the Negev, Israel Part One: Colonial and Decolonial: Conceptualizations of Palestine1. Towards a Decolonization of Palestinian Studies, Ahmad Sa'di, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2. Indigenous versus Colonial-Settler Toponymy and the Struggle over the Cultural and Political Geography of Palestine: The Appropriation of Palestinian Place-Names by the Israeli State, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK 3. What's the Problem with the Jewish State? Raef Zreik, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel Part Two: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Tenets and Practices4. The Epistemology of Zionist Settler Colonialism and the Ontological Securitization of Palestinians, Amal Jamal, Tel Aviv University, Israel5. The Unfinished Zionist Settler-Colonial Conquest of its Elusive 'Last Frontier', and Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin Arab Resistance, Ismael Abu-Saad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 6. The Paradox of Settler Colonial Citizenship in Israel, Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 7. Celebrating Survival: Palestinian Epistemes and Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, University of Alberta, Canada Part Three: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Surveillance8. Secrecy as Colonial Violence: The Case of Occupied East Jerusalem, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Abeer Otman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 9. Israel's Telecommunications Lines and Digital Surveillance Routes, Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University, USA Part Four: Palestine: Connections, Ruptures and Popular Resistance10. Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Connections and Ruptures, Magid Shihade, Dar Al-Kalima University, Palestine 11. Popular Resistance in Palestine, Marwan Darweish, Coventry University, UKPart Five: Issues of Bio-Power12. The Effect of the Separation of the Wall on the West Bank Labour Market, Sami Miaari, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Dorde Miloslav, Trinity College, Ireland13. Palestinian Refugee Archives UNRWA and the Problem with Sources, Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, Palestine and Eliza Zureik, Queens University, Canada In Lieu of Afterword14. Liminal Lights in Dark Places: Elia Zureik's Sociological and Critical Contribution to Palestinian and Surveillance Studies, David Lyon, Queen's University, Canada Bibliography

Ahmad H. Sa'di is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of Thorough Surveillance: The Genesis of Israeli Policies of Population Management (2014) and Surveillance & Political Control towards the Palestinians (2013), and the co-editor of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory (2007). He was formerly a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Waseda, Japan, as well as The National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Columbia University, US.Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic based in the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. His authored books include Palestine Across Millennia: A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions (I.B.Tauris, 2021) and Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History (Zed, 2018) and he has co-edited An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba (Zed, 2018) and The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel” (Zed, 2007) among many others.

This edited volume is undoubtedly an essential step in decolonizing the study of Palestine. Its richness and methodological accuracy allow us to insert it in the general debate of decolonizing academia from an Indigenous-Native perspective.

• Introduction, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK and Ahmad Sa'di, University of the Negev, Israel Part One: Colonial and Decolonial: Conceptualizations of Palestine1. Towards a Decolonization of Palestinian Studies, Ahmad Sa'di, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2. Indigenous versus Colonial-Settler Toponymy and the Struggle over the Cultural and Political Geography of Palestine: The Appropriation of Palestinian Place-Names by the Israeli State, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK 3. What's the Problem with the Jewish State? Raef Zreik, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel Part Two: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Tenets and Practices4. The Epistemology of Zionist Settler Colonialism and the Ontological Securitization of Palestinians, Amal Jamal, Tel Aviv University, Israel5. The Unfinished Zionist Settler-Colonial Conquest of its Elusive 'Last Frontier', and Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin Arab Resistance, Ismael Abu-Saad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 6. The Paradox of Settler Colonial Citizenship in Israel, Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 7. Celebrating Survival: Palestinian Epistemes and Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, University of Alberta, Canada Part Three: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Surveillance8. Secrecy as Colonial Violence: The Case of Occupied East Jerusalem, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Abeer Otman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 9. Israel's Telecommunications Lines and Digital Surveillance Routes, Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University, USA Part Four: Palestine: Connections, Ruptures and Popular Resistance10. Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Connections and Ruptures, Magid Shihade, Dar Al-Kalima University, Palestine 11. Popular Resistance in Palestine, Marwan Darweish, Coventry University, UKPart Five: Issues of Bio-Power12. The Effect of the Separation of the Wall on the West Bank Labour Market, Sami Miaari, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Dorde Miloslav, Trinity College, Ireland13. Palestinian Refugee Archives UNRWA and the Problem with Sources, Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, Palestine and Eliza Zureik, Queens University, Canada In Lieu of Afterword14. Liminal Lights in Dark Places: Elia Zureik's Sociological and Critical Contribution to Palestinian and Surveillance Studies, David Lyon, Queen's University, Canada Bibliography

Ahmad H. Sa'di is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is the author of Thorough Surveillance: The Genesis of Israeli Policies of Population Management (2014) and Surveillance & Political Control towards the Palestinians (2013), and the co-editor of Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory (2007). He was formerly a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Waseda, Japan, as well as The National University of Singapore, Singapore; and Columbia University, US.Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic based in the Centre for Palestine Studies, SOAS, University of London, UK. He is Editor of the Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. His authored books include Palestine Across Millennia: A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions (I.B.Tauris, 2021) and Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History (Zed, 2018) and he has co-edited An Oral History of the Palestinian Nakba (Zed, 2018) and The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel” (Zed, 2007) among many others.

This edited volume is undoubtedly an essential step in decolonizing the study of Palestine. Its richness and methodological accuracy allow us to insert it in the general debate of decolonizing academia from an Indigenous-Native perspective.

• Introduction, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK and Ahmad Sa'di, University of the Negev, Israel Part One: Colonial and Decolonial: Conceptualizations of Palestine1. Towards a Decolonization of Palestinian Studies, Ahmad Sa'di, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2. Indigenous versus Colonial-Settler Toponymy and the Struggle over the Cultural and Political Geography of Palestine: The Appropriation of Palestinian Place-Names by the Israeli State, Nur Masalha, SOAS, University of London, UK 3. What's the Problem with the Jewish State? Raef Zreik, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Israel Part Two: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Tenets and Practices4. The Epistemology of Zionist Settler Colonialism and the Ontological Securitization of Palestinians, Amal Jamal, Tel Aviv University, Israel5. The Unfinished Zionist Settler-Colonial Conquest of its Elusive 'Last Frontier', and Indigenous Palestinian Bedouin Arab Resistance, Ismael Abu-Saad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 6. The Paradox of Settler Colonial Citizenship in Israel, Areej Sabbagh-Khoury, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 7. Celebrating Survival: Palestinian Epistemes and Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism, Yasmeen Abu-Laban, University of Alberta, Canada Part Three: Zionist Settler-Colonialism: Surveillance8. Secrecy as Colonial Violence: The Case of Occupied East Jerusalem, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Abeer Otman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 9. Israel's Telecommunications Lines and Digital Surveillance Routes, Helga Tawil-Souri, New York University, USA Part Four: Palestine: Connections, Ruptures and Popular Resistance10. Settler Colonialism in Palestine: Connections and Ruptures, Magid Shihade, Dar Al-Kalima University, Palestine 11. Popular Resistance in Palestine, Marwan Darweish, Coventry University, UKPart Five: Issues of Bio-Power12. The Effect of the Separation of the Wall on the West Bank Labour Market, Sami Miaari, Tel Aviv University, Israel and Dorde Miloslav, Trinity College, Ireland13. Palestinian Refugee Archives UNRWA and the Problem with Sources, Salim Tamari, Birzeit University, Palestine and Eliza Zureik, Queens University, Canada In Lieu of Afterword14. Liminal Lights in Dark Places: Elia Zureik's Sociological and Critical Contribution to Palestinian and Surveillance Studies, David Lyon, Queen's University, Canada Bibliography