This is good

lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...

Idée Fixe — Parapraxis Holocaust trauma and Zionist exterminationism Jake Romm

And its follow up as well, both essential read :

www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ide...

Seeing @mollycrabapple.bsky.social reply to yet another zionist spewing antisemitic rethoric reminds me that it's my time of the year to ask you all yet again to read this fantastic long piece by @jakeromm.bsky.social about that exactly why this happens.

www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ele...

krisis.eu/article/view...

piece by @jakeromm.bsky.social

We never left the Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer’s Zone of Interest has been read by critics as a reflection of the banality of evil. But, what if it in its materialist insistence on impersonal forces, it is more radical than that, f...

1. thank you!

2. I've also written about Zone of Interest vis-a-vis Palestine:

www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/s...

Elements of Anti-Semitism — Parapraxis The limits of Zionism Jake Romm

Quite lengthy but exceedingly powerful essay on Zionism as anti-Semitism by @jakeromm.bsky.social.

(Incidentally, made me wonder if The Zone of Interest was *really* about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.)

www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ele...

Against the Wound | Los Angeles Review of Books Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no...

this piece for the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social about Luca Giordano's "St. Michael", representations of empire, aerial bombing, and Gaza. my favorite thing I wrote this year

lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...

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A nice win: PEN America has retracted their statement

pen.org/press-releas...

Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’

holy shit.

extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.

what a stain on HRW's reputation.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be
filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide

On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances

Our response:

On Jan. 20th, the @hindrajabfoundation.be
filed a request for prosecution in the US against Israeli "comedian" Guy Hochman for incitement to genocide

On Jan. 29th, @penamerica.bsky.social issued a press release condemning the cancellation of some of Hochman's inciting performances

Our response:

Episode 11: Deconstructing the Law of War With Jake Romm

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence

turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

Episode 11: Deconstructing the Law of War With Jake Romm

spoke with my favorite couple @shaabiranks.bsky.social and @seamus-malekafzali.com about international law, the so-called "war on terror," and the long shadow of colonial warfare for Turbulence

turbulencepod.substack.com/p/episode-11...

Write about it a little more here as well if you’re interested bsky.app/profile/jake...

This reminded me of @jakeromm.bsky.social’s analysis of Israeli hasbara as fascist propaganda in his essay “Elements of Antisemitism” in @parapraxismag.bsky.social

www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ele...

Here is a video of my full talk with Dror Dayan about the Hind Rajab Foundation, German complicity in the genocide, and the international legal order at the Rosa Luxemburg Conference this past weekend

[starting around 6:12:00]

www.youtube.com/embed/470xHH...

junge Welt – die linke Tageszeitung Die junge Welt ist eine linke, marxistisch orientierte, überregionale Tageszeitung mit einem hohen Anteil an Hintergrundberichten und umfassenden Analysen

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation

Live stream link here:
jungewelt.de/?lang=en

junge Welt – die linke Tageszeitung Die junge Welt ist eine linke, marxistisch orientierte, überregionale Tageszeitung mit einem hohen Anteil an Hintergrundberichten und umfassenden Analysen

I’ll be speaking at the Junge Welt Rosa Luxemburg Conference today at 3pm Berlin time: on international law, the genocide in Palestine, and the Hind Rajab Foundation

Live stream link here:
jungewelt.de/?lang=en

junge Welt Abonnement Malgré les preuves accablantes documentant les crimes israéliens, malgré l'horreur manifeste de leur ampleur et de leur brutalité, les Israéliens n'ont jamais véritablement subi de conséquences. Plus un crime reste impuni, plus on a l'impression qu'il n'en est peut-être pas un. En effet, des avocats israéliens soutiennent que les actions de leur État sont légales, et certains experts juridiques américains et européens, ainsi que des gouvernements occidentaux, les appuient dans cette position; de cette manière, un crime peut, avec le temps, devenir loi. Ajoutez à cela le soutien de l'armée américaine, la complicité ou la défaite de la quasi-totalité des autres forces armées conventionnelles de la région, et le déséquilibre extrême des armements et des capacités entre l'armée israélienne et la résistance palestinienne, et un sentiment d'invincibilité vient s'ajouter au sentiment d'innocence. Ce dernier imprègne une société fondée sur l'anéantissement du collectif palestinien, dont l'existence même exige une violence constante contre les autres, internes comme externes, afin d'assurer la domination ethnique. Parce que la dynamique du colonialisme de peuplement conduit inévitablement à la violence, chaque crime impuni prépare le terrain pour le suivant, qui sera encore plus radical. C'est le cycle de l'impunité.

par @jakeromm.bsky.social

Rosa-Luxemburg-Konferenz

I'll also be speaking at the Rosa Luxemburg Conference in Berlin this weekend. Come through if you're in the city.

jungewelt.de/rlk/

Genozid in Palästina: Neue Weltordnung der Rechtlosigkeit Die Hind Rajab Foundation über den Charakter israelischer Kriegsverbrechen, den Kreislauf der Straffreiheit und die Diplomatie der Gewalt. Ein Gespräch mit Jake Romm • Foto: IMAGO/Anadolu Agency

I spoke with Susann Witt-Stahl for Junge Welt about the genocide in Palestine, international law, German complicity, the coming new world order, and the @hindrajabfoundation.be

www.jungewelt.de/artikel/5154...

"What we are seeing now from the Trump administration is a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on." www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Why Trump’s Venezuela Attacks Matter So Much They signal a US empire increasingly willing to dispense with even the perfunctory legal legitimation that past presidents leaned on.

Link: www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Seems like a good time to revisit @jakeromm.bsky.social’s piece in @thenation.com from October:

favorite albums I listened to in 2025 (alphabetical order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/03x...

favorite tracks I listened to for the first time in 2025 (no particular order)

playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Zu...