Tagged - Israel-Palestine
Israel-Palestine
The Mahmoud Khalil reckoning
Higher education's institutional mission is bedrock to American democracy. Safeguard the former and maybe we can salvage the latter.
food
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."
Israel-Palestine
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.
Antisemitism
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.
Israel-Palestine
Conversations that matter: 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.
Israel-Palestine
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.
Israel-Palestine
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.
Feminism
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.
ai
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.
Hillel
Where do we go from here? Hillel hosts Dennis Ross and Ghaith al-Omari to discuss Israel and Palestine
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, a year and a day after the start of the war in Gaza, Hillel hosted Ambassador Dennis Ross and Negotiator Gaith al-Omari, to discuss the past, present, and future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.