Gaza Water Libel Actually Unsupported By Gazan Academics
Even as two engineers from Gaza tell the true story, Ynetnews publishes a water libel fable on behalf of Hamas. First the water libel and then the truth from the mouths of Gazan scientists....
Category: From Academia
Palestinian Identity: Beginning A Serious Study
In a discussion about a supposed long-standing Palestinian identity, a Facebook friend asked me to provide him with primary sources that would allow him to re-examine his assumptions. I decided to look into academic...
Indigenous Archaeology: What Has It Got To Do With Arabs In Haifa?
When a respected archaeology journal accepts a paper that categorizes a population as indigenous when it is not, it cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged. Archaeologist Dr. Talia Shay taught at the Technion in...
Who Cares Where Ashkenazi Jews Come From?
Why does anyone care where Ashkenazi Jews come from? And who exactly are the ones doing the caring? Medical researchers care. Historians care. Population geographers care. Genealogists care. Antisemites care. And Jews care. Did...
To Khazaria & Back OR Who is Afraid of Khazars?
For some reason, the Khazar theory has gained a reputation as implying that Ashkenazi Jews are not indigenous to Israel. Anyone who does not come out strongly against the Khazar theory is scorned. In...
Long History of Jewish Self-Loathing
As a long-time Zionist, I was exposed years ago to Jews who seem to think Zionists are evil incarnate. I have resisted using the term, self-loathing, to describe these members of the tribe. Guess...
(Not) Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Palestinian Authority
Fighting the lies of academic BDS is serious business, but I found out you can sometimes have fun with it. Pro-BDSers repeatedly write about how the security problems in “Palestine” caused by Israeli “oppression”...
Situation in Palestine is Normal – No Need for BDS
Well, I wonder if it will comfort proponents of academic boycott of Israel to learn that the situation in Palestine is normal – according to someone with whom I communicated at An-Najah University in...
