Tagged - Israel-Palestine

From Mourning to Fear: How the Hijacking of Social Justice Changed my Campus Experience

Promoting such incendiary language under the guise of social justice does a disservice to the cause of peace and dangerously normalizes incitement to violence. Read More

The Mahmoud Khalil reckoning

Higher education's institutional mission is bedrock to American democracy. Safeguard the former and maybe we can salvage the latter. Read More

Laila El-Haddad discusses food as a means of resistance

“During the past 15 months, we have seen even in times of war and genocide […] Palestinians, like anyone else, must eat, must survive." Read More

The United Nation’s potential lies in global unity, not individual power

The U.N.’s response to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza has revealed both its potential and limitations. Read More

On the Students’ Association resolution

This SA resolution is simply another way to follow the masses by expressing their dismay for Israel and standing in solidarity with the radical Palestinian people. Read More

Nora Rubel’s hope of shaping future political discourse on Israel and Palestine

Interpreted by some as an anti-Israel and anti-Zionist series, Rubel emphasized that while the need to support a particular side passionately is understandable, it is crucial to be aware of what you are standing behind by exposing yourself to historical and present knowledge. Read More

Blindspots: How the media spun a protest into an attack

The University has a clear interest in tamping down protests related to its academic involvement with Israel, appeasing pro-Israel donors and administrators. Read More

Shaul Magid shares how the liberal Zionism consensus tries to prevail

According to Magid, the Zionist consensus, which has dominated Jewish American discourse since its founding in the 1970s, has been undermined in the past year due to American Jews’ reaction to Oct. 7, 2023. Read More

Sa’ed Atshan explores the connection between queer liberation and Palestinian national liberation

The talk, held on Monday, Nov. 4, was a place for Atshan to share his book, Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique, and ask how national movements can strike a balance in the liberation efforts of other communities. Read More

Posters mocking Gaza’s destruction distributed throughout the Eastman School of Music’s Student Living Center

AI-generated posters depicting a Lego set of war-torn Gaza — meant to mock the destruction of the territory amidst the ongoing war — were first seen in the Eastman School of Music’s Living Center (SLC) on Oct. 8.  Read More