Dana El Kurd

Dana El Kurd

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Assistant Professor in Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine •ماسكة السلم بالعرض • We love life if we find a way to it

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Chilling. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

A Holocaust Scholar Meets with Israeli Reservistswww.newyorker.com Omer Bartov on his experience speaking with right-wing students who had just returned from military service in Gaza.

On Kuwait and the prospect of democracy newlinesmag.com/argument/spe...

Speculation Is Rife About the Future of Kuwait’s Parliamentnewlinesmag.com The history of the country’s National Assembly gives grounds for thinking it may recover, though it would once again have to buck trends in the wider region

"Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me."

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STATEMENT: The US Supreme Court's ruling in "Trump v. the United States" increases the risk of future abuses of presidential power and leaves US democracy more fragile. Presidents must be accountable—to the people, to the constitution, and to the law. freedomhouse.org/article/unit...

United States: Ruling on Presidential Immunity Weakens Protections against Abuse of Powerfreedomhouse.org By significantly reducing the threat of criminal punishment for official wrongdoing, the Supreme Court has undercut a major tool of deterrence and accountability for the country’s most powerful indivi...

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Anti-immigrant sentiment is powerful in Turkey. Violence is not uncommon and, with economic duress hitting virtually every household, it is only going to get worse. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/02/w...

With Fists and Knives, Mobs Attack Syrian Refugees in Turkeywww.nytimes.com As economic woes grow in Turkey, groups of men have targeted Syrian refugees there. In response, fighters across the border in northern Syria have confronted Turkish soldiers.

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This is the ball game folks, the authoritarian green light laid out in advance. Congress will not impeach Trump. And SCOTUS now blesses him with extraordinary latitude to do whatever he wants in power. A second administration will not be constrained by Congress, the courts, the bureaucracy or law.

Trump, who tried to overthrow an election, campaigned persistently for his fellow party members to grant him absolute immunity for his misdeeds in office. And they did. If you can't distinguish between "energy in the executive" and a constitutional crime spree, you've given up on US democracy.

Every Palestinian you know still watches videos of terrified families screaming and parents holding their dead children after airstrikes. We have been watching for eight months. And this is not the first war. Just to keep whatever you expect of the Palestinian in your life in perspective

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This is a chilling and deeply disturbing read about the conditions in Sde Teiman, "the death camp," an Israeli detention center currently torturing over 4,000 Palestinians. Strong CN for physical, sexual, and mental abuse, including of minors.

‘More horrific than Abu Ghraib’: Lawyer recounts visit to Israeli detention centerwww.972mag.com At Sde Teiman, Khaled Mahajneh found a detained journalist unrecognizable as he described the facility’s violent and inhumane conditions.

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Here's an instant fix: Knock it off.

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Hardly the first evidence of this but Columbia has gone completely ‘round the bend. They put three deans on suspension because some creep from the Free Beacon looked over their shoulders and saw them writing snarky texts?!? You do not take orders from these people!

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Reuters confirms details of Israeli forces strapping wounded Palestinian to the hood of a jeep like a trophy deer: www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Israeli forces strap wounded Palestinian to jeep during raidwww.reuters.com Israeli army forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of the military jeep during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday.

Please donate to the MESA global academy to support Palestinian and Sudanese scholars at this time www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

Donate to Middle East Studies Associationwww.paypal.com Help support Middle East Studies Association by donating or sharing with your friends.

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Really interesting interview by @danaelkurd.bsky.social with @dbgreenwald.bsky.social about the latter’s new book Mayors in the Middle! Can’t wait to get my hands on it: jewishcurrents.org/self-rule-wi...

Self-Rule Without Sovereigntyjewishcurrents.org Political scientist Diana B. Greenwald on the promises and pitfalls of Palestinian local governance in the shadow of Israeli occupation.

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Netanyahu released a video in English directly attacking Biden and Blinken. "I told Secretary Blinken it's inconceivable that in the past few months, the administration has been withholding weapons and ammunitions to Israel".

I interviewed @dbgreenwald.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on her new book "Mayors in the Middle: Indirect Rule and Local Government in Occupied Palestine" jewishcurrents.org/self-rule-wi...

Self-Rule Without Sovereigntyjewishcurrents.org Political scientist Diana B. Greenwald on the promises and pitfalls of Palestinian local governance in the shadow of Israeli occupation.

Recommendations requested - Anybody work with a freelance editor they recommend? I need another pair of eyes on an edited volume project, to check for writing errors, citations, etc. Thanks in advance

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The Palestinian exception to academic freedom, a continuing series. jewishinsider.com/2024/06/univ...

University of Minnesota rescinds offer to academic who alleged Israel was committing ‘genocide’jewishinsider.com Raz Segal had been tapped to head the public university’s Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

This, from a Gazan poet, killed me.

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“For the U.S., as well as countries across Europe that pride themselves on upholding freedoms and the rule of law, the UAE’s transnational repression strikes at the core of what makes open societies function.” - Rhys Davies and Matthew Hedges in Democracy in Exile: dawnmena.org/how-the-uae-...

How the UAE Subverts Democracy Far Beyond Its Borders - DAWNdawnmena.org The UAE's transnational repression strikes at the core of what makes open societies function.

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"though she presents herself as a champion against antisemitism, in reality, Stefanik is spreading it." By me for @slate.bsky.social slate.com/news-and-pol...

Congress Has a Self-Appointed Protector of Jews. There’s Just One Problem.slate.com This rebrand has been quite the exercise in chutzpah.

New issue of Almuntaqa out now. This journal provides English translations of Arabic language scholarship. This particular issue is on the research that has emerged on the Gaza genocide almuntaqa.dohainstitute.org/en/Pages/Jou...

Volume 7, Issue 1almuntaqa.dohainstitute.org The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies have published Issue 15 (January/February 2024) of the peer-reviewed journal Al-Muntaqa: New Perspectives on...

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I don’t see “the radical left” at these protests. I see a bunch of voters from Michigan and Wisconsin who saved Biden in 2020 and now aren’t being given anything more than talking points about how complex the situation is

Of course it is

NYU Abu Dhabi suppressing Palestine solidarity, students and faculty saywww.middleeasteye.net Faculty member tells Middle East eye that NYUAD is 'overly self-censoring' in obeyance of UAE government directives

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“Video filmed by an NBC News crew on the ground showed streets scattered with charred bodies, survivors gathering body parts into sacks, rescuers carrying mangled and blood-soaked children into chaotic hospitals overwhelmed with the injured.”

Fleeting celebrations in Israel; Palestinians grapple with bloodshedwww.nbcnews.com “What we saw yesterday is actually failure of the negotiations,” analyst Yossi Mekelberg said.

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"By inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress, we are stating to Palestinians that your lives do not matter. Your lives are less sacred, less precious and less valuable than other lives," says @repbowman.bsky.social. www.democracynow.org/2024/6/6/jam...

“Propaganda Machine”: NY Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on AIPAC’s $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Himwww.democracynow.org We speak with Congressmember Jamaal Bowman of New York, one of the top targets for pro-Israel groups seeking to oust lawmakers who have led calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Bowman is a former Bronx midd...

From the editor for the new issue of Journal of Palestine Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

From the Editorwww.tandfonline.com Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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Make it impossible to count the dead then brag that the number of dead counted has declined. And then get credulous media to sing along. Nobody should be fooled by any of this but people do like to be fooled when it’s convenient. apnews.com/article/isra...

Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis findsapnews.com The trend is significant because the death rate for women and children is the best available proxy for civilian casualties.

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The Columbia Law Review board of directors folds after its failed attempt to stop the publication of Rabea Eghbariah's article. columbialawreview.org/wp-content/u...