Author: Bystanders No More
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The Algebra of Genocide
Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a foreign correspondent for 15 years for The New York Times, discusses genocide, censorship, and international law. Chris Hedges
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A History of Jewish Anti-Zionism: From The Communist Party to The New Left
Dr. Benjamin Balthaser is associate professor of multi-ethnic US literature at Indiana University. His book, Citizens of the Whole World: The American Jewish Left and Cultures of Anti-Zionism, is due to be out this fall (Verso). Letters and Politics (YouTube)
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Supporting Palestinian rights is antisemitic because Israel wants it to be
Abraham Gutman, an Israeli economist and writer, is an opinion staff writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer. Abraham Gutman (NBC News)
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Yes, it is genocide
Dr. Amos Goldberg is a Jewish Holocaust specialist who lives in Israel and works as the Jonah M. Machover Chair in Holocaust Studies in the Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He makes the case that “the fact that what is happening in Gaza does not resemble the…
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Why it’s so hard to talk about Gaza
Sophia A. McClennen, Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University, discusses common threats faced by supporters of Palestinian human rights, including accusations of antisemitism, doxing, arrest, and compromised safety. Salon
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What is new antisemitism?
Antony Lerman is a British writer and specialist in the study of antisemitism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, multiculturalism, and the place of religion in society. From 2006 to early 2009, he was Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, a think tank on issues affecting Jewish communities in Europe. Jewish Currents
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This is how AIPAC really works
M.J. Rosenberg worked as a Senate and House aide, at the State Department, at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), at Israel Policy Forum, and at Media Matters For America. The Nation
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A big money operation purged critics of Israel from the Democratic Party
Ryan Grim is The Intercept’s D.C. Bureau Chief and the host of the podcast Deconstructed. He authors the newsletter Politics With Ryan Grim and was previously the Washington bureau chief for HuffPost, where he led a team that was twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, and won once. The Intercept
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Why Israel’s failing strategy is making its enemy stronger, Robert Pape
Robert Pape is a Palestinian politician, activist and scholar. Foreign Affairs
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Diary: Three Genocides
British-Isreali architect and professor Eyal Weizman details the Palestine conflict through the lens of Germany’s policy of extermination of Nama and Ovaherero peoples in South-West Africa (now called Namibia). London Review of Books