Universities Are in Thrall to a Constituency That Sees Israel as an Affront to Its Identity
Anti-Semitism is a symptom.
December 8, 2023
It’s not a struggle for liberation.
To many Westerners who sympathize with Hamas, or with the Palestinian cause, the ongoing conflict is about the “liberation of Palestine.” But, writes Franck Salameh, this isn’t how Palestinian leaders see things:
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It will only happen when its leadership believes it faces imminent annihilation.
It’s not a struggle for liberation.
Reading Joseph through Jacob and Esau.
“In exile, not only is history unfinished, but so is poetry.”