Current Events From Academia ‘Palestinian’ Women Resist Israeli ‘Occupation’ in Fake Academia March 9, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments This is Part I of a three-part series critiquing a single article that uses ‘analysis’ of women’s ‘resistance’ as a vehicle by means of which to vilify Israel. The article…
Current Events From Academia Israeli & Palestinian Narratives: How Academics Shape History March 3, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments Professor Emeritus Shifra Sagy is a prolific writer of academic papers. Her 2002 paper, entitled “Interpretations of the Past and Expectations for the Future Among Israeli and Palestinian Youth“, has…
Current Events From Academia Proof I Was Right About Jewish-Arab Dialogue Groups February 24, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments Suddenly I was struck as if by lightning in the middle of the writing of this article critiquing a research study about Jewish-Arab dialogue groups. Bear with me and I…
Current Events From Academia Academic Research: Equality Among Arab and Jewish Nurses in Israel? February 22, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments Can you promote academic research promoting peace if you do not tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth? Even if aiding and abetting distortions is an inconvenient result…
Current Events From Academia Distorting Peace: Academic Journal as a Propaganda Bullhorn February 18, 2020 Sherry Oz No Comments When the first two articles you read in a particular academic journal have serious problems in them, you may start to wonder how much store to put in the journal…
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 From Academia International Academic Journal Turns Israel into Palestine October 14, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments If you are a computer or electrical engineer, you may have come across the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering. It ranks about mid-range among journals in that field,…
Current Events From Academia Finally! Academic Article That Does Not Blame Israel for Violation of Women`s Rights in PA August 22, 2019 Sherry Oz No Comments Is this going to be a new trend in academic research in the Palestinian Authority? First published online on 30 July 2019, this is different from everything else I have…