Gaza and Palestine: Ten Key Words to Understanding an Endless Conflict

The complex, decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict is difficult to understand through military or political events alone. Alba Nabulsi, in her book, explores ten concepts to explain the different dimensions of this humanitarian and social crisis.

November 11, 2025

A Palestinian fishes in the sea off Nuseirat after the truce. (Photo by Eyad Baba/AFP)

Never before has the world been so vocal about Palestine and Israel . But amidst the abundance of information that's not always verifiable and the conflict between supporters of one side and the other, there's a risk of losing sight of the complexity and resorting to slogans. Among the attempts to shed light on the history and current events of a conflict as long-standing as it is significant for the fate of the world, particular merit goes to the "Palestinian Lexicon" by Alba Nabulsi, an Italian-Palestinian educator, researcher, journalist, and activist.

Through ten "key words," "Alba Nabulsi shows us a Palestine that is first and foremost a people, a collective body resisting a colonial process," writes Francesca Albanese in the preface. "Removing Palestine from the reductive framework in which it is often trapped means restoring it to its most authentic horizon: that of an indigenous people fighting for its survival, identity, and dignity, on a land that is not just the place it inhabits, but a part of its being." But that's not all: "Another merit of the book is its ability to restore the political dimension of memory : a map for the future, written by those who resist. Every word, every image, every testimony presents itself as an indicator of a path to liberation, connecting the present to decades of past struggle and to possible scenarios of future emancipation."

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