Hamas

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• 3-26-15
  

  History Department at Connecticut College deplores Facebook post on Palestinians

  by HNN Editor

  The department condemns a post in which a philosophy professor referred to Hamas as “a rabid pit bull chained in a cage.”

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• 10-31-14
  

  Gaza: How We Got Here ... And the Prospects for Peace

  by William R. Polk

  We would be prudent to prepare for more and worse Gazas.

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• 9-4-14
  

  Gaza: How We Got Here ... The Struggle for Palestine (1947-1973)

  by William R. Polk

  A masterful account of the history of the Middle East crisis that has dominated headlines for decades. 

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• SOURCE: Campus Watch
  8-31-14
  

  Pro-Israel website chides Middle East Studies professors, claiming they’re apologists for Hamas

  "Reaction by Middle East studies professors to Israel's recent effort to destroy Hamas's terrorist infrastructure epitomizes their perennial pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, and anti-American biases."

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• SOURCE: Şalom (Turkey)
  7-27-14
  

  Daniel Pipes says in interview that the absence of anti-Israel protests in Muslim countries is highly significant

  "I don't know of a single Jewish Israeli who wants the warfare to go on!"

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• 8-28-14
  

  Now that the Guns in Gaza Have Been Silenced, a Moment for Peace Has Arrived. Seriously.

  by Alon Ben-Meir

  "I am happy to be accused of having pipedreams time and again. But it is unforgivable to let over 2,100 Palestinians (including nearly 500 children) and 69 Israelis die in vain."

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• SOURCE: PJ Media
  8-22-14
  

  Our Bien Pensant American Historians: The New Friends of Hamas

  by Ron Radosh

  Those who signed the recent petition condemning Israel for its “disproportionate” use of force and demanding the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza can be called “the Friends of Hamas.”

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• SOURCE: NYT
  8-22-14
  

  It's hard to be an optimist today, but Juan Cole is

  by Irshad Manji

  "For all of the 'liking' and 'sharing,' [Juan] Cole shows [in his new book] that the revolution’s most important triumphs took place in the sphere of physical effort — the “meatspace.”

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• SOURCE: Historians Against the War (HAW)
  8-13-14
  

  Historians Urge President to Change Policy on Israel-Palestine

  “We deplore the ongoing attacks against civilians in Gaza and in Israel. We also recognize the disproportionate harm that the Israeli military, which the United States has armed and supported for decades, is inflicting on the population of Gaza.”

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• 8-13-14
  

  What Simon Schama tweeted during the Gaza conflict

  by HNN Staff

  "It needs to be understood -- again -- that Israel [is] not the cause of antisemitism; Israel was caused BY antisemitism." 

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• 8-9-14
  

  Gaza: How We Got Here ... The Deep Cause of War

  by William R. Polk

  "Allow me to show how the events of today were preordained and how patterns of action have been repeated year after year."

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• 8-8-14
  

  Kent State reprimands historian who blasted academics who support Israel

  by HNN Staff

  " At Kent State, we value collegiality and mutual respect. Assailing the public with broad statements of culpability violates these principles."

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• 8-10-14
  

  A Letter to My Fellow Jews

  by Andrew Meyer

  Without Palestine, eventually there will be no Israel.

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• SOURCE: The American Interest
  8-1-14
  

  Why They Fight: Hamas’ Too-Little-Known Fascist Charter

  by Jeffrey Herf

  As the Gaza conflict rolls on, the Western press has virtually ignored Hamas’s 1988 “Covenant,” which precisely details the terror group’s radical anti-Semitism and intellectual debt to Nazi ideology.

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• 8-3-14
  

  A Successful "Negotiation" of Israel-Palestine Peace Treaty

  by Bernard Weiner

  How peace could be made. 

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• 8-2-14
  

  Kent State history professor says "academic friends of Israel" are "directly responsible for the murder of over 1,400 Palestinian children, women and elderly civilians"

  "This is not symbolic or even legally justified homicide on your part but actual, cold-blooded, calculated killing, for which you are culpable."

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• SOURCE: Commentary
  7-30-14
  

  Why Benny Morris is both right and wrong

  by Max Boot

  Morris is surely right. Hamas remains dedicated to Israel’s destruction and it remains intent on keeping its grip on Gaza. What can or should Israel do about it?

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• 8-3-14
  

  Israel and Hamas Are Trapped Between Delusion and Denial

  by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir

  As Saul Bellow aptly put it, “a great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.”

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• 7-18-14
  

  The Consequences of the Israeli Invasion of Gaza

  by Dennis Kucinch

  There will be consequences for this invasion. The cycle of violence will widen.

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• SOURCE: Daniel Pipes Blog
  7-11-14
  

  Surprising Support for Israel, not Hamas

  by Daniel Pipes

  "Israel is getting support, or at least restraint and fairness, from unexpected sources."