Coming Home/Missing Home: Toronto and Israel
My body is sitting in Starbucks at Christie and Dupont, freezing somewhat because they keep the heat low; I suppose that’s to try to prevent people like me from parking here for hours on...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published January 12, 2016 · Last modified July 8, 2016
My body is sitting in Starbucks at Christie and Dupont, freezing somewhat because they keep the heat low; I suppose that’s to try to prevent people like me from parking here for hours on...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published January 3, 2016 · Last modified December 26, 2015
Theories of cult induction may best explain much of what we are seeing today in terrorist groups, better than theories regarding marginalization and poverty. Understanding Islamist terrorist cult recruitment and induction can provide us...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published December 18, 2015 · Last modified December 12, 2015
I’m killing myself trying to think how we Israelis can get out of this stupid debacle we are in whereby Arabs are now calling themselves Palestinians in order to get people around the world...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published December 10, 2015 · Last modified May 12, 2019
Israel uses the Feisal-Weizmann Agreement of 1919 as evidence that the Arab leadership was at one time favourable toward the establishment of the Jewish state. I recommend that we stop doing this. While there...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published December 8, 2015 · Last modified January 1, 2020
When Arab writers and pro-Israeli activists I respect (or respected in the past), such as Fred Maroun, cry out that the Palestinians exist and we cannot say they do not, they are falling into...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published December 7, 2015 · Last modified November 1, 2016
The truth will come out and at some point, there will be those who ask why proud Arabs chose a name that stands for defeat and humiliation. I have, in fact, asked this question...
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by Sheri Oz · Published December 2, 2015 · Last modified May 12, 2019
In 2013, the American Studies Association (ASA) approved a resolution to academically sanction Israel. Read about the nonboycott boycott. Compare the resolution with facts. * * * * * As of December 2016, the...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published November 30, 2015 · Last modified November 10, 2020
Wanna hear the dumbest reason ever why boycotts are not unethical? Sit down first. Make sure you’re not sipping your coffee, or any other drink. According to philosopher Dr Oliver Leaman boycotts are are...
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