both inside and outside Israel. Episodes like this are quickly instrumentalized to portray Israeli universities once again as a bastion of "leftist extremists," with all the political consequences such labeling entails. It is a shame. (3/3)

(if it can even be called self-criticism rather than outright self-flagellation)—is on full display here. It illustrates the cult-like dynamics that have taken hold within the BDS movement. What worries me now is that the TAU administration will come under full attack from right-wing groups (2/3)

to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960 after a federal court order to desegregate. She also spoke about her teacher, Mrs. Henry, who supported her by teaching her alone for an entire year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbaH... (2/2)

commemorating Hersh Goldberg (and the other hostages who never returned alive).

No graffiti saying "globalize whatever stupidity."
No hatred against Palestinian civilians.
Just a silent, sad message: We miss him. (2/2)

And as I am reading this and that article during my last weekend in the U.S., I am especially drawn to the hopeful news from the region to which I will soon return — news of a peace deal and, at long last, the release of hostages. I could not have wished for a better note on which to leave. (3/3)

Thanks to Klaus Lederer and Alexander Karschnia, there is a some clarification in a recent taz article — it is in German, but anyone can easily translate it into English.
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P.S.: Poster from the film "Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa" (2013).

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I know people at these universities, but also because I have witnessed, almost by the hour over the past two years, what desolidarization within academia means. Perhaps at some point we will have to call for a boycott of ourselves—as the first step out of this barren way of thinking. (2/2)

Whilst the BUF did not become a mass political party, their existence demonstrates the popularity of fascism across Europe at the time.

Our online exhibition explores the individuals and organisations that have fought back against antisemitism in France, Britain and Germany buff.ly/iBFECQJ

Btw: The decision to publish it on Yom Kippur is also – to put it neutrally – interesting.

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