Erasing Palestine by Rebecca Gould

Erasing Palestine: Free Speech and Palestinian Freedom by Rebecca Ruth Gould

A critical exploration of speech, censorship, and the politics of solidarity in Britain and beyond. In Erasing Palestine, scholar and writer Rebecca Ruth Gould investigates how redefinitions of antisemitism—particularly the adoption of the IHRA definition—have been used to suppress discussion around Palestinian rights and solidarity movements.

About the Book

With a central focus on the UK’s internal political debates, this timely work examines how policy and discourse have increasingly emphasized linguistic offense over structural injustice. By reframing discussions of racism, antisemitism, and speech, Gould argues that critical conversations about Palestinian freedom and historical violence are being silenced or distorted.

This is not only a political analysis, but also a historical one—charting antisemitism from the early twentieth century and tracing how debates on free expression have evolved and collided with questions of human rights and justice in Palestine.

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Recommended for readers interested in free speech studies, Middle East politics, critical race theory, and activism in academic and public life. This book is essential for those seeking to understand the intersections between language, law, and solidarity in contemporary political debates.

About the Author

Rebecca Ruth Gould is an award-winning writer, translator, and professor of Islamic and comparative literature. Her work spans global human rights, literary theory, and critical engagement with issues of justice and censorship. She is recognized for her scholarship at the crossroads of culture and political ethics.