Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Arab Council Against BDS – Inviting Jews back “Home”. Hmmm. January 31, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments I may ruffle some feathers here, but I gave myself time to synthesize the thing and I still feel now the same way I did when the article Arab Thinkers…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Deal of the Century: Changing the Language If Not Much Else January 29, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments If Trump’s Deal of the Century had any binding enforcement capabilities, it would be an incredible coup for Israel. If the deal is merely a new starting point for negotiations…
Current Events From Academia Terrorism Study Teaches Me About PA Rentier Economy January 26, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments I was curious what I would find in a relatively recent article with the title: “Democratic skepticism and support for terrorism in the Palestinian Territories” written by James A. Piazza…
Current Events From Academia Can Palestinian Arabs Support Democracy and Terrorism Too? January 26, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments What is the relationship between attitudes toward democracy and support for terrorism? James A. Piazza of Penn State University examined just that in his relatively recent article: “Democratic skepticism and…
Current Events From Academia Russia Created a Palestinian Identity Way Before Arafat was Born January 25, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments “The Invention of Palestine” is a PhD thesis written by former Penn State U student Zachary J. Foster in which he focuses on the creation of the Palestinian identity. Foster…
Current Events Jew-Hate Micha Danzig: Commit this to Memory! January 22, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments Recently, on a friend’s page, an Arab Supremacist Israel hater wrote the following to me: I respect Judaism for what it is, a religion. European Zionism is Colonialist and racist.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking What Have Strawberries Got to Do with the Israeli Blockade of Gaza? January 20, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments We keep on hearing about the Gaza blockade, about how Israel has put the population of Gaza in an open-air prison and we do not let people out or products…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking I Really Feel Sorry for the Universities in the Palestinian Authority January 19, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments A new announcement on the website of An-Najah National University in Nablus made me aware of something: The university must find itself between a rock and a hard place! I…
Random Reflections Reflections on Israel Israel, the Unlivable! January 10, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments There is a difference between having acute awareness of Israel’s many problems and saying that this place is unlivable, as I have heard a number of people moan. Those who…