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Gaza has now become a concentration camp
Already decried as an open air prison for decades, now people are being denied food and water. We are genuinely all global witnesses to Israel’s terrorist state. There is no better word for this than infrahumanization. Infrahumanization occurs when a person is seen as irredemable, inhuman, irrevocably other, and evil, and not worthy of consideration,…
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Enough already…US Military Support of Israel Must End
I am finally realizing that thinking America was a democracy was an illusion. Or at least I don’t feel represented. Biden, without checking in with any other American leaders, pledged unwavering support for Israel. My patience is waning with Biden, not Israel. I have Jewish friends, my grandpa fought Nazis in World War Two (which…
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Israel and Palestine Research Update–It’s Complicated!
So I was wrong to simplify it last week as Jews treating Palestinians as Native Americans. This is going to be a really long post that kind of disrupts the purpose of this blog. But it is on my mind and I want to share the link of this post with some journalists and scholars,…
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The Limits of Decoloniality and Imperialism
We see the limits of decoloniality in some progressive Americans’ positive reaction to the recent attack on Israel. This despite the kidnappings and killings of Israeli (and American and other) civilians. The decolonial party line is that the United States, via Israel, is oppressing Palestinians. I happen to agree with that assessment, up to a…
