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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 5h

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 5h

Why would MIT reject a course on language and decolonization? Prof. Michel DeGraff (MIT) breaks down how language has been weaponized in both Haiti and Palestine—to erase identity, uphold colonial power, and silence resistance.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 2d

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Is “co-existence” just a smokescreen for injustice? Prof. Anne de Jong (University of Amsterdam) breaks down why true solidarity in Israel-Palestine means co-resistance, not co-existence.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 4d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 4d

How do we measure the human cost of war since October 7th? Prof. David Vine (Brown University Costs of War Project) breaks down the staggering toll—from tens of thousands of lives lost in Gaza to billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars fueling regional violence.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 5d

a state-backed strategy of dispossession masked as pastoral simplicity.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 5d

How do sheep become tools of colonization? Prof. Irus Braverman (State University of New York at Buffalo) exposes how Israeli settlers use flocks to quietly seize Palestinian land under the guise of ecological care. She calls it “sheep-washing”—
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 10d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 10d

What happened to Al-Lyd, and why does it still matter? Dr. Norma Musih (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) breaks down how the 1948 Nakba transformed a thriving Palestinian city into a symbol of loss—and resistance. Comments promoting violence or vulgarity will be deleted.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 11d

calling it a direct violation of their ethical obligation to protect life, dignity, and health.

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 11d

Opposing genocide is a medical duty. Dr. Brandon Libby (Emergency Medicine Physician) explains why over 1,000 Jewish healthcare professionals are speaking out against Israel’s assault on Gaza,
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 12d

He argues the strategy has failed, and that Israeli safety cannot come at the expense of Palestinian suffering. Comments promoting violence or vulgarity will be deleted.

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 12d

Did Israel ever really want peace? Prof. Lior Sternfeld (Penn State) breaks down Israel’s decades-long “manage the conflict” strategy—built on division, unilateralism, and sidelining Palestinians.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 15d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 15d

Who's recruiting Latinos to Christian Zionism? Prof. Crystal Silva (Austin Seminary) breaks down how four U.S.-based organizations are strategically targeting Latine Christian communities to build support for Israel across the U.S. and Latin America.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 17d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 17d

Is Israel really a queer “safe haven”? Maxi Glamour, Commissioner of the Civil Rights Enforcement Agency (St. Louis), breaks down how pinkwashing is used to distract from occupation, apartheid, and the daily oppression of Palestinians.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 19d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 19d

Is the IHRA definition protecting Jews—or silencing dissent? Prof. Zinaida Miller (Northeastern University) breaks down how the IHRA’s vague language has been weaponized to stifle criticism of Israel, even from Jews and Holocaust survivors.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 22d

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Why are more Latine Christians supporting Israel? Prof. Crystal Silva (Austin Seminary) breaks down the rise of Latino Christian Zionism—and how it's reshaping a movement long rooted in white evangelical nationalism.

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 23d

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 23d

Why do so many Jews resist naming Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide? Prof. Rachel Kabasakalian-McKay (Institute for Relational Psychoanalysis of Philadelphia) breaks down the deep psychological and communal fears that make this truth so difficult to face.
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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 26d

When the home dies, so do the boundaries that keep us human.
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