For some years, select historians have bemoaned the direction of their discipline. They regret the turn away from war, diplomacy, economics, and ideas in favor of gender, environment, race, and sexuality, as they bemoan the... 
Hamas is "represented in a hysterical way," stated Fordham University associate professor of modern Islam Sarah Eltantawi, during an August 20 webinar on "The Nexus of Anti-Palestine Campaigns and Islamophobia." Her apologetics... 
In May, as Israel defended itself from yet another onslaught of missiles fired from Gaza, thousands of academics wrote and signed statements of solidarity with Palestinians. Along with the usual professions of contempt for the... 
The nation's foreign-policy and Middle East "experts" have blown it again, and academics are part of the problem. In the wake of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, many are simply silent while others are expressing surprise... 
The late Leonard I. Beerman (1921–2014) "was reviled by many in the mainstream Jewish community" for disparaging Israel, Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA David Myers noted in a July 23 webinar on the "History... 
Of all the catchwords hijacked by the study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, none has turned taboos inside out more than "settler colonialism." It is the linguistic warrant for bringing an indictment against Israel for... 
Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative, a project of its Saudi-founded Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding (ACMCU), claims it exists to combat the pernicious spread of "Islamophobia." ACMCU's... 
"This is a war" against Israel, stated University of Exeter Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies Research Fellow Ghada Karmi during a June 20 webinar by Istanbul Zaim University's Center for Islam and Global Affairs (CIGA)... 
Howler of the Month (archive)"Our singular backing of ever-evolving Israeli racism and illegal territorial expansion (I value international law over the Old Testament) earned us our enemies." Lawrence Davidson, professor emeritus of history at West Chester University, on how America has made enemies in the Middle East, and why the U.S. was attacked on 9/11. "Biden's Middle East Withdrawals Do not Portend a Strategic Shift"; The National Interest, August 18, 2021. (link to source) 
We Couldn't Have Said it Better (archive)"The academic boycott of Israel is actually meant to isolate and stigmatize Jewish academics in America. It serves the aim of pushing Jewish academics out of shrinking disciplines, where Jews are believed to be 'over-represented.' That is how diehard supporters of the Palestinians find academic allies who have little interest in Palestine, in fields like American studies or English literature." Martin Kramer, professor of Middle Eastern history and founding president of Shalem College in Jerusalem, on the real motivations for the spread of the academic boycott against Israel. "The Unspoken Purpose of the Academic Boycott," Israel Affairs 27, no. 1 (January 2021): 27-33. (link to source) CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds. |
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