Jake Romm

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...

I call on all elected officials who have professed to care about accountability for Hind Rajab's murder and for other crimes against the Palestinian people to support our filing, pressure the DOJ to initiate an investigation/prosecution, and to pass the Justice for Hind Rajab Act

Andrew Holter interviewed Tom Overton, author of a new biography, “John Berger: From Life,” out from @versobooks.bsky.social. In this fascinating discussion, Overton discusses his friendship with Berger, the biography’s literary approach, Berger on Gaza, and more. proteanmag.com/2026/09/23/t...

October 7th did not inaugurate the hell that we're in so much as expose its contours. It also pointed the way out.

For the @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social I wrote about Luca Giordano's St. Michael, but also about art & empire, & airstrikes, & Gaza I feel strongly about this one: it articulates something about art and looking that I'd previously struggled with, & also I think it's my best writing about art)

Americans support Netanyahu’s arrest and extradition to the ICC by a 22-point margin. The United States can seize Netanyahu for crimes under US law and prosecute him in US courts when he is in New York City this week. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

ICYMI: Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to address the UN General Assembly tomorrow. While he is in New York, the US has the authority to arrest and prosecute him for breaking US law. https://bit.ly/4ABo6Xx

Wanted war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu must be arrested. www.thenation.com/article/worl...

Americans support Netanyahu’s arrest & extradition to the ICC by a 22-point margin" "Netanyahu is a wanted man... for war crimes & crimes against humanity in Gaza." "a number of the crimes for which Netanyahu bears responsibility... committed against US citizens" www.thenation.com/article/worl...

How to Arrest Benjamin Netanyahu https://www.thenation.com/article/world/benjamin-netanyahu-arrest-united-states-war-crimes/

We list five measure specifically related to accountability. The list is non-exhaustive &, as we say in the piece, there are a number of other important diplomatic & economic measures that must also be taken—e.g. comprehensive sanctions—but these are a good start

On the eve of Netanyahu's visit to the UN, We (@hindrajabfoundation.be) are in @thenation.com arguing that the US is both able & obligated to arrest him under US law But it won't act, which is why lawmakers must begin taking concrete steps to hold Israeli perpetrators accountable.

Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit New York this week to address the UN General Assembly. @jakeromm.bsky.social of the @hindrajabfoundation.be breaks down how the United States has the legal ability to arrest and prosecute Netanyahu for crimes under U.S. law:

🚨🇺🇸 The @hindrajabfoundation.be filed a request for prosecution in the U.S. against Arieh King, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and founder of the Israel Land Fund, for involvement in the war crime and incitement to genocide, ahead of his expected U.S. visit on 31 August. ➡️ More → https://bit.ly/4gDNuTo

went on the news to talk about our (@hindrajabfoundation.be) position on the Israeli announcement that it will "investigate" Hind Rajab's murder (in short: this is to shield soldiers from accountability, disrupt actual prosecutions/investigations, and burnish Israel's ruined reputation)

Join the Hind Rajab Foundation’s legal mission to fight impunity. Become a monthly sponsor or make a one-time gift. Every contribution comes from individuals like you—who care. → https://bit.ly/hrf-support

The complaint details how the 432nd Battalion—including Harari, who was deployed with the unit at the time—allegedly participated in the forcible transfer of civilians and the burning of an entire school complex, including Aleppo Elementary Mixed School B, in Beit Lahia in October 2024.

🚨🇳🇱 The @hindrajabfoundation.be has filed a criminal complaint in the Netherlands against Almog Harari, an Israeli soldier serving in the 432nd Battalion of the Givati Brigade, for his alleged involvement in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and acts of genocide in Gaza. > https://bit.ly/4gR7K5E

I went on TrueAnon to talk about our ( @hindrajabfoundation.be) filings against Ben Gvir for war crimes and genocide, and Israel as a Torture State. www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/...

I went on TrueAnon to talk about our ( @hindrajabfoundation.be) filings against Ben Gvir for war crimes and genocide, and Israel as a Torture State. www.patreon.com/TrueAnonPod/...

was busy with some stuff this week so didn't get to say: had this poem published in the great @burialmagazine.bsky.social on the 2nd which you can read here:

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🚨🇵🇱 The @hindrajabfoundation.be filed a request for prosecution with the U.S. Dept of Justice (DOJ) against Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir for war crimes—incl. against U.S. nationals—genocide, and direct incitement to genocide, ahead of his expected visit to New York on 7–8 July.

starting sunday - still time to sign up (scholarships available) www.thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

starting sunday - still time to sign up (scholarships available) www.thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

the course will build on these essays for @parapraxismag.bsky.social—we'll update/expand the analysis always w/ an eye towards understanding Zionism's continuities w/ exterminationist regimes past as well as what is frighteningly unique about the present www.parapraxismagazine.com/articles/ide...

here is the course description We'll cover texts by Adorno & Horkheimer, Sayegh, Abu el-Haj, Amery, Diner, Bauman, Daqqa, Palestinian testimony/NGO reports on the genocide, & testimony from the genocidaires themselves (all subject to change as course evolves through discussion)

I'll be teaching this course again with the Psychosocial Foundation: Sundays June 21st—July 12th come study with me please! www.thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

ten days away - sign ups go until the course starts (scholarships available to whoever needs them). register here: thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

Starting in 2 weeks! We'll be exploring contemporary Zionism & its exterminationism through the lens of antisemitism—not as a hatred of Jews, but as a psychological/ideological formation which can and has take any group as its target. Sign up here: thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

Starting in 2 weeks! We'll be exploring contemporary Zionism & its exterminationism through the lens of antisemitism—not as a hatred of Jews, but as a psychological/ideological formation which can and has take any group as its target. Sign up here: thepsychosocialfoundation.org/store/p/shor...

Law people: Do I/does anyone know any federal preemption scholars/experts on here? I have a research question about state criminal law extraterritoriality and federal preemption--looking for good articles or sources!

Law people: Do I/does anyone know any federal preemption scholars/experts on here? I have a research question about state criminal law extraterritoriality and federal preemption--looking for good articles or sources!

#UPDATE 🚨 The @hindrajabfoundation.be (HRF) filed a disciplinary complaint against 🇩🇪 #Germany’s Federal Prosecutor for refusing to investigate a German citizen who openly admits to erasing civilian infrastructure and boasts about it. Full details → https://bit.ly/4daQyUY

I wrote about Bifo Berardi’s heinous new book "Thinking Gaza" for @defector.com Had to restrain myself from throwing this one across the room multiple times while reading. Not only deeply unserious as a work of theory, but also politically abhorrent. defector.com/franco-berar...

"The genocide taking place in all of historic Palestine reveals the foundation of violence and domination on which the architecture of the present world order has been built, as well as the terrible struggle that will be necessary to tear it down."

This is a lacerating criticism of Bifo Berardi's atrocious Gaza book (deservedly so) and ends with such a beautiful tribute to Palestinians: defector.com/franco-berar...

🚨 The @hindrajabfoundation filed a criminal complaint against an Israeli soldier in 🇵🇪 #Peru. The authorities have officially opened a criminal investigation. This landmark step further solidifies HRF's global work on universal jurisdiction. Intelligence placing him in #Lima and potentially #Cusco.

The genocide in Gaza—which, more than any other disaster, reveals the contradictions at the core of the crisis—is the end of this world, but only in the sense that something else must and will come to replace it. Whether that something will be better or worse is up to us defector.com/franco-berar...

Franco Berardi’s ‘Thinking Gaza’ fails to think: defector.com/franco-berar...