Yair Wallach
@yairwallach.bsky.social
Associate Professor (Reader), soas @soasuni.bsky.social, researching Palestine/Israel history. Race, migration, material culture, Antisemitism. "City in Fragments" (Stanford 2020) Currently working on Ashkenazi integration in the Arab Levant
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My position is that, given that antisemitism exists, protests against synagogues would always backfire, regardless of the legitimacy of the grievance. I'm not interested in the ethical debate. It's remarkably counter productive, and it's disappointing people can't see this
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My position is that, given that antisemitism exists, protests against synagogues would always backfire, regardless of the legitimacy of the grievance. I'm not interested in the ethical debate. It's remarkably counter productive, and it's disappointing people can't see this
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this is the sheer power that Aloof Wife provides
Imagine being a 34 year old guy and being mayor of NYC and having the petty tyrant president trying to get on your good side in the Oval Office. Insane.
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this is the sheer power that Aloof Wife provides
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This is exactly it. There is also an insidious genre of essay which is “let me write about Sudan once and never again, just so I can say I did it, and then get back to asking why people are obsessed about Palestine“. These people can never discuss Sudan on its own terms.
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is exactly it. There is also an insidious genre of essay which is “let me write about Sudan once and never again, just so I can say I did it, and then get back to asking why people are obsessed about Palestine“. These people can never discuss Sudan on its own terms.
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The people who say "why this obsession with Palestine? why don't you post about Sudan?" never post about Sudan themselves.
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
What they mean is "it's fine you don't care about Sudan. You should be similarly indifferent to Palestine"
(of course, many people do post about both and other crises)
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This is appalling.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is appalling.
In another astounding ruling, the Israeli supreme court orders the eviction of Beduin Palestinian Ras Jaraba village to make way for the expansion of the city of Dimona. 500 residents, whose ancestors have lived on the land since Ottoman time, will be expelled to establish a Jewish neighbourhood.
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In another astounding ruling, the Israeli supreme court orders the eviction of Beduin Palestinian Ras Jaraba village to make way for the expansion of the city of Dimona. 500 residents, whose ancestors have lived on the land since Ottoman time, will be expelled to establish a Jewish neighbourhood.
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‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Opposition to Israeli settler colonialism and the genocide in Gaza are not antisemitic. But as we see in attitudes to Nick Fuentes etc they can overlap with antisemitism, or lead one to excuse antisemitism: because Israel is "the Jewish State", because many Jews support or affiliate with Israel.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Opposition to Israeli settler colonialism and the genocide in Gaza are not antisemitic. But as we see in attitudes to Nick Fuentes etc they can overlap with antisemitism, or lead one to excuse antisemitism: because Israel is "the Jewish State", because many Jews support or affiliate with Israel.
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I followed McBride's "Calculated Risk" in the early 2010s. Not only he predicted the housing and financial crash, he also called the bottom of the recession correctly.
Now he says it's crypto which is going to bring the system down. Makes sense.
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/11/the-...
Now he says it's crypto which is going to bring the system down. Makes sense.
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/11/the-...
The Next Financial Crisis
This is worth repeating ... Back in 2005 I was mostly writing about the housing bubble - and the coming housing bust. But I also mention...
www.calculatedriskblog.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I followed McBride's "Calculated Risk" in the early 2010s. Not only he predicted the housing and financial crash, he also called the bottom of the recession correctly.
Now he says it's crypto which is going to bring the system down. Makes sense.
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/11/the-...
Now he says it's crypto which is going to bring the system down. Makes sense.
www.calculatedriskblog.com/2025/11/the-...
A reminder that cancellations due to political pressures happen all the time, and they are not restricted to one issue or side.
If you don't want it to happen to you, speak about it when it happens to people you disagree with.
www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/10/2...
If you don't want it to happen to you, speak about it when it happens to people you disagree with.
www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/10/2...
Love Lab cancels lecture with Israeli sociologist - Erasmus Magazine
A lecture by Israeli sociologist Eva Illouz is cancelled by the Love Lab, a research group within ESSB that studies relationships and emotions.
www.erasmusmagazine.nl
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A reminder that cancellations due to political pressures happen all the time, and they are not restricted to one issue or side.
If you don't want it to happen to you, speak about it when it happens to people you disagree with.
www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/10/2...
If you don't want it to happen to you, speak about it when it happens to people you disagree with.
www.erasmusmagazine.nl/en/2025/10/2...
I should add. Professor Andreas Kaplony, the co-organiser, is a towering figure in the field, a formidable scholar of early Islam. If he cannot be trusted to lead this seminar, then I'm not sure who can be trusted.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I should add. Professor Andreas Kaplony, the co-organiser, is a towering figure in the field, a formidable scholar of early Islam. If he cannot be trusted to lead this seminar, then I'm not sure who can be trusted.
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When you call out and warn about attacks on academic freedom by the AfD but you are silent on cancellations by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social due to pressure from the CSU and others you have not understood the concept of academic freedom.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
When you call out and warn about attacks on academic freedom by the AfD but you are silent on cancellations by @lmumuenchen.bsky.social due to pressure from the CSU and others you have not understood the concept of academic freedom.
To my surprise, it (kind of) did tonight.
The draft went through some changes, but the resolution is still vague and crazy.
The draft went through some changes, but the resolution is still vague and crazy.
U.S. wants the UN Security Council to rubber stamp Trump Plan for Gaza. It's not going to happen
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/w...
U.S. Wants Security Council to Adopt Trump Plan for Gaza
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
To my surprise, it (kind of) did tonight.
The draft went through some changes, but the resolution is still vague and crazy.
The draft went through some changes, but the resolution is still vague and crazy.
It's simple: either we uphold academic freedom for everyone or none of us will have it.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's simple: either we uphold academic freedom for everyone or none of us will have it.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
Consistency means no interference regardless who the speaker are. You don't like them - don't come, or come and ask questions, or stand outside with a sign. Don't cancel the event.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
www.lmu.de
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
www.lmu.de/en/about-lmu...
Another day - another pogrom. Dozens of settlers attacked two villagers, torching houses and vehicles. This happens daily now.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Another day - another pogrom. Dozens of settlers attacked two villagers, torching houses and vehicles. This happens daily now.
The Labour Left had total control over the party in 2020, lost it without much fight, and since then has been having a tantrum about the nasty boy who took their toys.
The Labour right stole the toys and has not stopped gloating since. It seems that's the only thing they know how to do.
The Labour right stole the toys and has not stopped gloating since. It seems that's the only thing they know how to do.
and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Labour Left had total control over the party in 2020, lost it without much fight, and since then has been having a tantrum about the nasty boy who took their toys.
The Labour right stole the toys and has not stopped gloating since. It seems that's the only thing they know how to do.
The Labour right stole the toys and has not stopped gloating since. It seems that's the only thing they know how to do.
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and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
and it's a feature, not a bug, of whatever mangled faction this is that is running Labour. these people are able to do one thing and one thing alone - fight factional wars against the left.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
they're absolutely shit at literally anything else.
Wordle is so much more difficult in Hebrew. Indo-Europeans have it so easy with the vowels letters
November 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Wordle is so much more difficult in Hebrew. Indo-Europeans have it so easy with the vowels letters
Since 7th Oct 2023, Israeli prisons have become torture camps of the worst kind.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
New data reveals 98 Palestinian deaths in Israeli custody since October 7
Post-mortems of the deceased and testimonies from former detainees suggest many died from torture, medical neglect, and food deprivation. According to a leaked Israeli intelligence database, dozens we...
www.972mag.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Since 7th Oct 2023, Israeli prisons have become torture camps of the worst kind.
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
www.972mag.com/98-palestini...
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At least 89 Gazans, including children & elderly, are receiving medical treatment in Israel. Most have been in Jerusalem for this purpose since before the war.
But Israel abruptly decided to send all Gazan patients back to Gaza next week.
Unless third countries take them ASAP, many will die 🧵
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But Israel abruptly decided to send all Gazan patients back to Gaza next week.
Unless third countries take them ASAP, many will die 🧵
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‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza, patients and doctors say | CNN
Yamen Al-Najjar recalls his past life – the days when he went to school and laughed regularly. Today, the 16-year-old lives with his mother in a cramped 6-square-meter room, just large enough to hold ...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
At least 89 Gazans, including children & elderly, are receiving medical treatment in Israel. Most have been in Jerusalem for this purpose since before the war.
But Israel abruptly decided to send all Gazan patients back to Gaza next week.
Unless third countries take them ASAP, many will die 🧵
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But Israel abruptly decided to send all Gazan patients back to Gaza next week.
Unless third countries take them ASAP, many will die 🧵
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Over 11,000 people, mostly women and children, are missing in Gaza. The vast majority of them are likely dead. That puts the total number of Palestinians killed directly in Gaza at over 80,000.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
The search for Gaza's missing
Over 11,000 Palestinians have disappeared since Oct. 7. Relatives don’t know if they’re dead or alive, under rubble or in prison.
www.972mag.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Over 11,000 people, mostly women and children, are missing in Gaza. The vast majority of them are likely dead. That puts the total number of Palestinians killed directly in Gaza at over 80,000.
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Kahanism is the hegemonic ideology in Israel.
Not only Ben Gvir and Smotrich - the Likud is thoroughly Kahanist, and significant pocets in the Orthodox parties are not averse to Kahanism. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Not only Ben Gvir and Smotrich - the Likud is thoroughly Kahanist, and significant pocets in the Orthodox parties are not averse to Kahanism. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Likud MK: Meir Kahane “was right about many things, today he’d get the Israel Prize’
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www.timesofisrael.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Kahanism is the hegemonic ideology in Israel.
Not only Ben Gvir and Smotrich - the Likud is thoroughly Kahanist, and significant pocets in the Orthodox parties are not averse to Kahanism. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Not only Ben Gvir and Smotrich - the Likud is thoroughly Kahanist, and significant pocets in the Orthodox parties are not averse to Kahanism. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
"peace that has been sought for at least 3,000 years."
President Trump sent a letter to Israeli President Herzog calling him to pardon Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
The letter. Thanks to @barakravid.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"peace that has been sought for at least 3,000 years."