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The Politics of Boycotting Israel while Fighting Sanctions on Iran

October 3, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Jadaliyya on October 3, 2014. By: Alex Shams and Ali Abdi As the bombs rained down on Gaza this summer, we were reminded yet again of the

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Israel and the Palestinian Territories Lonely Planet: Systematic Erasure and Casual Racism

July 5, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Jadaliyya. Haifa is a picturesque city of hills, gardens, and trendy cafes perched along the slopes of Mount Carmel in northern Israel. If the Lonely Planetguidebook is

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Anti-enlistment performance art turns Israeli cities into battlefields

May 23, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on May 23, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — On Sunday, Israeli soldiers invaded the streets of Haifa’s upmarket German Colony neighborhood, beating Palestinian protesters with

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Retracing the Nakba in West Jerusalem’s al-Malha

May 16, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on May 16, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Towering above the gargantuan Jerusalem Mall and the repetitive, non-descript homes of the Malha (or Manahat) suburb

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Interview: Remi Kanazi on BDS and ‘hurt feelings’

March 6, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on March 6, 2014. Remi Kanazi is a Palestinian-American poet and activist and a member of the organizing committee of the US Campaign for

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New identity law raises fears of Israeli effort to divide Christians

February 26, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on Ma’an News Agency on Feb. 26, 2014. BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A new law to create a separate “Christian” nationality for Palestinian citizens of Israel successfully passed through the

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Interview: Ilan Pappe on academic freedom in Israel and BDS

February 21, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on February 21, 2014. Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and political activist. Much of Pappe’s academic work has focused on the 1948 expulsion

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Next Year in Tehran

February 20, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published on The New Inquiry on Feb. 20, 2014. An Iranian intellectual’s trip to Israel in the 1960s revealed the strange appeal of secular republicanism to religious ethno-supremacists In March

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Ariel Sharon dead at 85

January 11, 2014 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on January 11, 2014. Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon died Saturday after eight years in a coma, leaving behind a bloody and conflicted

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American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel

December 4, 2013 by Alex Shams

Originally published by Ma’an News Agency on December 4, 2013. A top body of the largest scholarly association dedicated to American Studies voted unanimously in a landmark decision on Wednesday

The Politics of Boycotting Israel while Fighting Sanctions on Iran

Israel and the Palestinian Territories Lonely Planet: Systematic Erasure and Casual Racism

Anti-enlistment performance art turns Israeli cities into battlefields

Retracing the Nakba in West Jerusalem’s al-Malha

Interview: Remi Kanazi on BDS and ‘hurt feelings’

New identity law raises fears of Israeli effort to divide Christians

Interview: Ilan Pappe on academic freedom in Israel and BDS

Next Year in Tehran

Ariel Sharon dead at 85

American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel

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