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This article appeared in The Guardian yesterday. A few days before Sally Hunt, general secretary of the University and College Union (UCU), spoke at the demonstration for Palestine earlier this month, my colleagues and I – the Israeli and Jewish studies staff at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) – put out a […]
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Through the lens of Colin Shindler’s A History of Modern Israel, Asaf Romirowsky examines the ideology of Israeli leadership, past and present. From The Jerusalem Post One of the greatest myths in Middle East studies departments across North America and Europe is that the presence of an Israeli faculty member makes a “balanced” department. In […]
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I had never heard about this incident before. The Beatles were booked for a 1965 concert in Israel, but organizers were denied permission to pay them (in foreign currency), canceling the show because “The Beatles have an insufficient artistic level and cannot add to the spiritual and cultural life of the youth in Israel.” The […]
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