I interviewed the brilliant historian and editor in chief of the Journal of Palestine studies @srseikaly.bsky.social on learning about Palestine, the intersectionality of the Palestinian cause, and how to combat a system trying to make you stupid. www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

Reflection by Asmaa Azaizeh from HEAVEN LOOKS LIKE US Translated from the Arabic by @lenakt.bsky.social

In case you've been wondering about the moral and intellectual crisis in Holocaust studies, here's exhibit A. It also illustrates why we felt the need to found the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: www.ghscn.org/home

The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital Absolute monsters www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

Their cruelty is beyond belief.

"The genocide has “killed my lungs.” This is how Samah al-Dahshan narrates losing her nine-year-old daughter Nasma." My latest editor's note for Journal of Palestine Studies @PalStudies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days, social media was an effective tool for activists to organize and communicate with one another and directly with the public, providing counternarratives to the ones laid out in popular coverage.

These editor's notes are my attempt to archive, to honor Palestinian life, and to grieve all the people we have lost in twenty months of genocide. Institute for Palestine Studies "Palestine is shrinking. Palestine is everywhere.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm." I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...

A great reminder of Isreal's attempt to obscure genocide through pinkwashing thebaffler.com/latest/pinkw...

The Palestinians of the Gaza Strip teach us what it means to return against all odds

Featuring JPS editor @srseikaly.bsky.social, issue co-editors @amahlbishara.bsky.social and Diana Allan, and authors Lina Abu Akleh, Ghousoon Bisharat, Sarah Ema Friedland, Anna Shah Hoque, Sherena Razek, @zidani.bsky.social, and yasmine eid-sabbagh!

"We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their existence," said one organizer.

Full article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The US House has voted 243-140-1 to sanction anyone associated with the International Criminal Court's efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any "protected person" of the US and its allies — namely, Israel. 45 Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill.

$1,131,794,901 That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns. Well, the planet is burning. Don't let them look away.

Thanks to all who showed up to vote and especially to our wonderful speakers Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social, Paul Ortiz, Jr., Raz Segal, Van Gosse, and Barbara Weinstein! We must keep this momentum going. #AHA25

The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide. mondoweiss.net/2025/01/the-...

Full @democracynow.org interview with @srseikaly.bsky.social and Barbara Weinstein on the American Historical Society's vote at #AHA25 to adopt the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza. The resolution passed in a landslide vote of 428–88 (4 abstentions). www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

As a journalist & scholar, I’m inspired by @srseikaly.bsky.social’s words on @democracynow.org: “The way forward is not to be passive & obedient. The way forward is to be ethical & to stand for what is just & to stand against this Israeli genocide which—again—is armed & abetted by the United States”

Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on the annual meeting of the AHA and its vote against scholasticide in Gaza. @srseikaly.bsky.social, Barbara Weinstein, and @quinnslobodian.com showing how we amplify our voices as historians on the most urgent issues. @weinstein www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

Today I am specially proud to be a historian. Two giants of my profession and dear friends, B. Weinstein and Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social speak in @democracynow.org about the AHA resolution against scholasticisde in Gaza, which passed by a landslide www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine. BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation. My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇 www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...

Starbucks workers AND Amazon workers are on nationwide strikes during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. I truly hope their bosses are sweating bullets :)

BREAKING: The Teamsters are dramatically escalating their strike and taking it to Amazon’s largest NYC warehouse. Beginning at midnight tonight they will picket the massive facility with 5,500 workers. JFK8 on Staten Island is the first unionized Amazon warehouse.

The key takeaway is that the world’s richest man got what he wanted; stripped our cancer funding for kids, killed reforms to bring down drugs prices and caps on investment in China. Trump on the other hand demanded a debt ceiling raise and got nothing.

📣TODAY at 12:15 PM at Garibaldi Statue! We call on our community & our allies to join us to picket NYU & demand that charges be dropped against the arrested faculty, PNG designations be lifted, cops removed from campus, & negotiations with students over disclosure & divestment commence in good faith

I talked to Hell Gate about things that are going on over here at NYU. Check it out.

A survey of of Palestine-Israel coverage by four Sunday morning news shows reveals a startling statistic: With the exception of one interview, thesw shows went 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American.

gonna give the ol "support independent, worker run, reader funded media" sign a good tap here

The authorities at NYU have declared these students & faculty “persona non grata” (png)but to much of the community they are People Not accepting Genocide and very “grata” indeed. Who is in charge, NYU ? What are you charging? Allies demand answers. Also Disclose & Divest now! @nyufsjp.bsky.social

Start with the beautiful editorial by Sherene Seikaly, a rumination on the toll of the war elders, an entire generation shaped by nakba. I am reminded of the role of elders in indigenous communities, holders of histories of suffering but also memories of alternative futures.

My response below to Qs for this article on “Private Schools Group Apologizes After Claims of Antisemitism at Event” in which my talk was one that made four Jewish students feel threatened bc I used the word genocide. Let’s unpack since they gave ADL the last word. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/15/n...

Do we still have journalists with no IHL knowledge arguing this isn't genocide?

All of my Syrian friends, without exception, have expressed apprehension about the future. And all of my Syrian friends, without exception, are thoroughly overwhelmed with joy and relief that the Assad regime is at long last gone

I am a murder mystery addict. But this might be the most chilling portrait of a serial killer I have ever read. What’s key is the unregulated profit-making healthcare system in a deeply religious country in which a doctor can murder people with impunity and be considered a pillar of the community.

Images from @filasteeni.bsky.social

Palestinian lives matter. So do the lives of people who corporate systems treat as sources of profit and exploitation, and whose life support systems have been depleted to pay for bombs.

Pam Bailey and Ahmed Alnaouq began their work after Ahmed’s brother was killed in an IDF strike in 2014. Together, they and others have encouraged Palestinians to publish their poetry and prose on their site We Are Not Numbers.

An Israeli think tank issued a report on October 17 promoting the "unique and rare opportunity" for the “relocation and final settlement of the entire Gaza population.”

J. F. C. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...