Hosam Aboul-Ela

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I think the best way to determine if the claim “I’m the guy that did more for the Palestinian community than anybody.” is true is to ask what Palestinians think and the data is pretty overwhelmingly clear that both those in Palestine and those in the diaspora do not think Biden is correct.

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fig me like The bragging Spaniard.

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*NB: if you are European, the green card takes a few years, and citizenship is possible in about 7-8 years; if you aren't from a white wealthy country, you're looking at 10 years at least for a green card, and 20 for citizenship.

meanwhile they always pretend it is about giving the people what they want

I wonder if colleges and universities would see more demand for humanities programs if they didn't systematically work day after day to destroy demand for humanities programs, backed up by powerful political and business leaders.

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If you are an academic or scholar, please sign and share widely this open letter in support of the esteemed scholar Dr. Raz Segal's appointment at the University of Minnesota, which has been "paused" under pressure from pro-Israel lobbyists.

Open Letter In Support of Dr. Raz Segal's Appointment at the University of Minnesotadocs.google.com Jeff Ettinger, Interim President, University of Minnesota Rebecca Cunningham, incoming President, University of Minnesota Rachel T.A. Croson, Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Minnes...

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My wife, my wife! What wife? I have no wife. O insupportable! O heavy hour!

when starmer takes office this summer he will probably become the most pro israel world leader at that moment, correct?

i just noticed that there is a kindle edition of blake's illuminated manuscripts which has to be about the most un william blake idea in history

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There is an old Iranian tradition: Fal-e Hafez. You open a book of poems by Hafez & the first line you read tells your fortune. On a recent visit with Erdogan, the line of poetry that Raisi recited: "Be joyful, for the tyrant will not reach his destination." Indeed.

very typical of nyt discourse that brooks writes a column about rising authoritarianism naming every example but with no mention of bibi even though he's in the headlines every day

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"Antisemitism, conventionally understood as 'prejudice, hostility, or discrimination towards Jewish people on religious, cultural, or ethnic grounds' [OED] has nothing to do with criticizing or condemning the state of Israel for violating international law or committing war crimes."

austintexasfsjp.org/2024/05/14/t...

Texas Statewide FJP Statement on Gov. Abbott’s EO on Antisemitism, May 14, 2024austintexasfsjp.org We are a growing coalition of multi-faith faculty and instructors from colleges and universities across the state of Texas writing to express our opposition to Governor Greg Abbott’s March 27, 2024, E...

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See? Was that so hard?

"Our campus, we consider it a sanctuary, a place of safety. And so, rather than responding with arrests, with penalizing students, we support protesters. We support students learning what it means to find their voice and speak out for justice and freedom." www.democracynow.org/2024/5/14/se...

Union Theological Seminary Votes to Divest from Israel’s War on Gazawww.democracynow.org As student protests around the world call for their educational institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel, we speak to the Reverend Dr. Serene Jones, the president of Union Theological...

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Wow. In 1983 I smuggled a UNC divest now banner (in ANC colors) under my blue graduation robe & 4 of us unfurled it as we marched across the field for graduation. We got boos & cheers both. My dad stormed out; nobody arrested me

Hell of a message from yesterday's UNC commencement (via Daily Tar Heel)

"thank you for your cooperation"

Hell of a message from yesterday's UNC commencement (via Daily Tar Heel)

and i want to add to tufekci that i've taught the literature of postcolonial uprisings for years and there's never been a protest movement that wasn't accused of going too far and that includes gandhi himself

police responses have been disproportionate www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/o...

Opinion | I Was Once a Student Protester. The Old Hyperbole Is Now Reality.www.nytimes.com Is this what a police state looks like?

police responses have been disproportionate www.nytimes.com/2024/05/11/o...

Opinion | I Was Once a Student Protester. The Old Hyperbole Is Now Reality.www.nytimes.com Is this what a police state looks like?

campus protests have been nonviolent www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

Nearly all Gaza campus protests in the US have been peaceful, study findswww.theguardian.com Analysis of 553 protests in solidarity with Palestinians between 18 April and 3 May found 97% of them did not cause serious damage

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This is an incomplete list of the number of NYT articles that discussed Dorian Abbot being disinvited from giving a talk at MIT. He was subsequently re-invited. It is safe to say that no professor that is punished or fired for participating in a protest will receive a fraction of the attention.

unpopular (or at least minority) opinion (at least among writers at elite media outlets and former failed presidential candidates): these protests are fueled by students and scholars reading and learning the history of the region and contemporary fotgs as opposed to just pillow talk with the xpres

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I sent this message to the UMass administration yesterday: "I was looking forward to speaking next week at UMass Amherst. I visited two years ago and everyone was awesome. My nephew graduated from there and got a great education. But calling the cops on peaceful protesters is a shameful act...” 1/2

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Analysis of satellite imagery reveals 74.5% of buildings have been destroyed in Gaza. In Dresden during WWII, 56% of buildings were destroyed.

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Bored Riot Cops Break Up Calculus Classwww.theonion.com LOS ANGELES—Kicking down the unlocked classroom door after listlessly wandering around campus, bored riot cops reportedly broke up a calculus course at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Tu...

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all day everyday until this stops

All of our focus should be on preventing an invasion of Rafah. All of our focus should be on preventing an invasion of Rafah. All of our focus should be on preventing an invasion of Rafah. www.cbsnews.com/video/israel...

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I hope y'all come to understand that it's not about Palestine or the Congo or Sudan, it's about humanity. We sit back and do nothing as genocide and ethnic cleansing occur, we lose our humanity forever. To fight for Palestine, the Congo, Sudan, etc., is to fight for our humanity. Yes, it is.

theasa.net/about/campus...

Statement on Campus Protests and Movement for Palestinian Freedomtheasa.net The American Studies Association writes to offer support and solidarity to scholars, faculty, students, and staff around the world who are facing elimination, termination, suspension, and sanctions due to their advocacy for Palestinian freedom, their location in Gazan universities, their criticism of Zionism, their solidarity with resistance to occupation, and their condemnation of genocide, militarism, and war.

student protests against the vietnam war were proven right although atthetime pundits/elders disdained/abused them student protests to divest from south africa were proven right although... student protests against the iraq invasion proven right ... students now protesting against the war on gaza...

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Don’t you feel more academically free already?

Police snipers on the roof at Ohio State watching the encampment.

a more thoughtful answer to the what would john cage do query: www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...

John Cage would probably want you to listen to Columbia's pro-Palestinian protesterswww.motherjones.com The composer would have likely have embraced the sound of discord.

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USC student protestors reciting poetry and doing yoga and being arrested by armed, yelling cops with batons is a disgrace. They are standing up for their values. They are calling your attention to, for example: news.un.org/en/story/202...

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights officenews.un.org Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war c...