It is just horrifying to hear what is happening at The New School. A vibrant place with an extraordinary legacy is being gutted by mismanagement. Feel for all the faculty, staff and students.

I don't know how my colleague Nathan Brown does it, but he produces one deeply thoughtful and extensive analysis of Israeli and Palestinian politics after another. Here is one of the most recent, on the lack of realistic strategic direction in Israel: carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

You can't tackle antisemitism by quietly disinviting individuals - especially if these people have a mass following. The "rotten apple" approach never works - especially if you're not even willing to say it's rotten. You need to talk about it, explain, educate.

This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is how it's going with domestic investigations. It's not. It's exactly what "unwilling or unable" is made for. #WarCrimes #Gaza #IHL #Israel www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

A horrific mass murder is unfolding in Sudan, where no one can see it. The RSF are murdering civilians in El Fasher, having finally defeated the Sudanese army forces holding out in the city. The BBC has managed to speak to some who escaped www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fC...

After a two year campaign of genocidal violence, Israel has not succeeded in meeting any of its objectives. Hamas still holds power, almost half the hostages were killed (many by munitions from the IDF). The majority of those returned alive were returned in the November 2023 ceasefire.

Hudu Abu Naja, 12- before and after starvation. Like thousands of children in Gaza, she suffered from severe malnutrition. In the last two months, organizations and doctors tried to evacuate her without success. This morning, Dr. Ahmed Al-Farra reported she has died reports @nirhasson.bsky.social

Hamas’s statement, that Trump seemed to welcome, has flipped the script on Netanyahu. Essentially they have taken us back to the third stage of the last ceasefire agreement - the agreement Israel broke to avoid the very negotiations Hamas is calling for.

I’m filled with horror hearing about the violent synagogue attack in Manchester. Messages of solidarity like this one have helped

Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester

Israeli social psychologists have published a letter condemning the actions of the Israeli government. I welcome the letter. I also fear it does not go nearly far enough. Thread ..

I look back on this post and see the “well done” was wildly overstated. @ispp-pops.bsky.social action in opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza is welcome but it is shameful that clear statements of condemnation and clear calls for action were not made beforehand.

The genocide Israel is carrying out in Gaza will be a stain on Jewish identity for all time. It will involve a transformation of our conceptualization of who we are. We are now part of a collective that carried out a genocide.

Israel killed 22 people - including nine children - in strikes on Gaza City on Wednesday, Palestinian officials have said. Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal described the killings as a "horrific massacre". news.sky.com/story/israel...

Well done to ISPP. It’s a painful statement for me to read, but it’s important to stand in clear opposition to genocide.

ISPP's Executive Committee has RETRACTED our August 2025 statement on Gaza and has released a new statement. ispp.org/.../NEW-ISPP....

Israel’s genocide in Gaza is every antisemite’s fantasy come true

Israel’s genocide in Gaza is every antisemite’s dream come true

I think many of us share this feeling of despair. The silence of governments, of friends, colleagues, communities is shocking still. Perhaps we are living in a different world to the one we imagined

RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed” rsf.org/en/rsf-and-a...

Israeli anti government protests that ignore the genocide in Gaza, that ignore the suffering of innocent civilians, are worse than no protests at all. They are signifiers of the very mentality, dare I say culture, that caused the genocide.

The pro Palestinian campus protests have been effectively silenced because the discourse of those protests made people feel uncomfortable. Meanwhile, it’s striking how comfortable and silent the same people seem to feel about the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Israel is starving children.

Laila Ghannam, governor of Ramallah: "The brutal Israeli occupation persistently continues to terrorise the Palestinian people" Lina Abu Akleh reports on Israels latest attacks on Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, including firing at journalists who were filming the attacks.

A puzzle indeed

Apartheid and violent oppression of Palestinians is supported by Israel as a whole: the government (not just this one), the legal system, the army, universities….

The comforting story: Gaza’s genocide & West Bank’s ethnic cleansing are the work of a “fringe” gov’t. This is a classic moral disengagement strategy The reality: These policies rest on broad social, political & institutional complicity. Until this is faced, nothing changes. A thread ⬇️

A boat carrying Ethiopian people trying to get to Yemen has capsized. The death toll has risen to 76 since this story was published.

What Israel needs to do immediately if it does not intend to starve Palestinians in Gaza. Anything else is just virtue signaling: * Allow large amounts of food to flow through Gaza everyday via all entry points distributed via 100s of distribution points (1/2) www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

I ask my myself how can I - as a Jewish Israeli - interact in an academic context with people who deny, deflect or otherwise support the Genocide in Gaza?

All of us have a moral responsibility to condemn and act against Israel’s genocidal actions. But some have more of a responsibility than others. If someone has spoken out about related issues - e.g., Oct 7, pro pal protests - silence about Gaza is read (by me at least) as complicity.

Israeli human rights organizations B’tzelem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel conclude that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and call on Israelis and the complicit international community to use all the tools available under international law to stop it. www.btselem.org/press_releas...

Urgent Call to End Starvation and War in Gaza It would mean the world to me if you could join me by adding your name to this petition. Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see. my.zazim.org.il/petitions/ur...

Urgent Call to End Starvation and War in Gaza It would mean the world to me if you could join me by adding your name to this petition. Every name that is added builds momentum around the campaign and makes it more likely for us to get the change we want to see. my.zazim.org.il/petitions/ur...

This is part of the reason why I have suspended all travel to the United States indefinitely. A Swiss teacher wanted to celebrate her birthday in New York with friends but instead was detained, shackled, and sent off to a detention center in New Jersey. No thanks! www.nzz.ch/english/you-...

One genocidal act is “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group”. Because of Israel’s assault on Gaza (starvation, attack on healthcare system) there is a 41% decrease in birthrate compared to before Oct 7 2023 and 33% of children are born prematurely news.un.org/en/story/202...

Stop the genocide!

Attacking the WHO is part of a pattern of actions against organizations reporting on Gaza and attempting to protect civilians. It’s difficult to see this as anything other than a strategy to clear the way for the next series of atrocities.

I really do not think many of the pro-Israel Jewish folks understand just how much Israel will never be seen the same again. From liberal Zionist to far right, many exist in a media bubble, and have a mistaken impression they are the mainstream. They are increasingly in an alternate universe.

Every day, every hour is crucial. We must do everything in our power to stop this.

One reason that some people don’t oppose a genocide is simply because they cannot believe it. It’s so far from their representation of who they are, of who their government is to be true. Thus allegations must be driven by hate or stupidity

During these terrible days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza , it’s easy to come to the false conclusion that conflict is inevitable and rests on deep differences such as attachment to different types of religious belief. The JPSP paper described by Mikey in this thread below is a nice antidote.

During these terrible days of Israel’s genocide in Gaza , it’s easy to come to the false conclusion that conflict is inevitable and rests on deep differences such as attachment to different types of religious belief. The JPSP paper described by Mikey in this thread below is a nice antidote.

Now out in JPSP! Behavioral economic experiments w/ Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews in the U.S., Israel and Fiji show that belief in God can facilitate cooperation, even across religious divides! More about our work (co-led with @jeremyginges.bsky.social) below! psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Help the victims of the West Bank's largest ethnic cleansing since 1967 chuffed.org/project/1389...

Genocide in Gaza, ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, and remaking of Israel into a Kahanist republic: this is the hegemonic political project in Israel, and it will not disappear even if there's a cease fire or new elections. It won't stop unless it is named, confronted and defeated.