Israeli Hasbara and the NBA's Palestine Exception: The Impossibility of Capitalist “Social Justice”
Journal of Sport and Social Issues
Published online on December 17, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Sport and Social Issues, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 223-249, June 2026.
Sport is a notable site for the Israeli state in its hasbara (public diplomacy, or “explaining”) effort that seeks to normalize the conditions of ethnic cleansing, illegal settlement, and apartheid practices in historic and occupied Palestine. Against the ...
Sport is a notable site for the Israeli state in its hasbara (public diplomacy, or “explaining”) effort that seeks to normalize the conditions of ethnic cleansing, illegal settlement, and apartheid practices in historic and occupied Palestine. Against the ...