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Anti-Zionism and the Humanities: A response to Saree Makdisi

By Cary Nelson and Russell Berman
 This lengthy essay by two leading US professors challenges the world of academic publishing. They identify the symptoms... Read more > April 2018

Undeclared Wars on Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1981: An Interview with Jeffrey Herf

By Jeffrey Herf
 http:// Jeffery Herf is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His books include Nazi Propaganda... Read more > Article Summer 2016

Multi-stage Coordinated Unilateralism: A Proposal to Rescue the Two-State Paradigm

By Cary Nelson
 In this wide-ranging and hopeful essay, Cary Nelson aims to move the international conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict away from mutual... Read more > Summer 2015

The ideological roots of media bias against Israel

By Matti Friedman
 On 26 January 2015 the former AP reporter Matti Friedman delivered the keynote speech at BICOM’s annual dinner... Read more > Winter 2015

Book Review | The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel

By Andrei S. Markovits
 The editors deserve major kudos for having compiled an impressive anthology featuring contributions in opposition to the deeply... Read more > Autumn 2014

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Our Voice of the Fortnight is from MEMRI – a Friday sermon aired on Palestinian Authority TV hours before the Neve Yaakov massacre of 27 January.

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The aftermath of a gunfight at the scene of a raid by Israeli forces on an office where they said Palestinian militants were hiding in the West Bank town of Jericho on February 6, 2023. The Israeli army announced earlier this morning that it had killed "several armed assailants" during a raid on the area with the aim of arresting Hamas militants who were involved in carrying out a shooting attack on January 28, when two armed men approached an Israeli restaurant near Jericho. Photo by FLASH90

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