Land and Power: Understanding How the Politics of Space Shape Our Lives

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Land and Power: Understanding How the Politics of Space Shape Our Lives

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Aug 28, 2023

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Professor Oren Yiftachel discusses more than a decade of his scholarship on colonial regimes, identities and futures in Israel and Palestine through the lens of geography and urban planning.

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Aug 28, 2023

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