Current Events From Academia The Radical Radicle: Online Student Journal Joins ‘Fake Academia’ September 18, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments Rasmea Odeh is unfairly maligned, according to a paper showcased on Reed College’s online journal. Fake academia at its best! This critique was prepared in honour of Odeh’s deportation from…
Current Events From Academia UNGA Recognition of “Palestine”: Does It Matter? August 31, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments I am guilty of trying to convince myself that United Nations General Assembly acceptance of “Palestine” as a nonmember observer state is of no real consequence. And of trying to…
Current Events From Academia Academic Lies! And This Passes For Scholarship! August 24, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments In critiquing an academic paper that was published in the journal, International Relations and Diplomacy, I found a blatant lie that made my blood boil. In another post critiquing this…
Current Events From Academia Academic Propaganda Against Israel Masquerading As Legit Scholarship August 24, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments The biggest danger is that once this kind of irresponsible drivel is published, it is common for other academic papers to cite them as academic source materials. Israel bashing in…
Current Events From Academia Surprising New Study On The Motives Of A Suicide Terrorist August 17, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments The most selfish individuals in the collectivist societies within which suicide terrorists are cultivated are their leaders. I have not yet heard of a leader in the Palestinian Authority offering…
Current Events From Academia How To Sneak Propaganda Into An Academic Psychology Article July 19, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments I did not expect to find propaganda in the respected Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma; therefore, it was with great curiousity that I began to read an article describing…
Current Events From Academia Gaza Water Libel Actually Unsupported By Gazan Academics June 24, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments Even as two engineers from Gaza tell the true story, Ynetnews publishes a water libel fable on behalf of Hamas. First the water libel and then the truth from the…
Current Events From Academia Palestinian Identity: Beginning A Serious Study May 23, 2017 Sherry Oz No Comments In a discussion about a supposed long-standing Palestinian identity, a Facebook friend asked me to provide him with primary sources that would allow him to re-examine his assumptions. I decided…
Current Events From Academia Indigenous Archaeology: What Has It Got To Do With Arabs In Haifa? November 19, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments When a respected archaeology journal accepts a paper that categorizes a population as indigenous when it is not, it cannot be allowed to stand unchallenged. Archaeologist Dr. Talia Shay taught…
Current Events From Academia Who Cares Where Ashkenazi Jews Come From? June 25, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Why does anyone care where Ashkenazi Jews come from? And who exactly are the ones doing the caring? Medical researchers care. Historians care. Population geographers care. Genealogists care. Antisemites care.…