Israeli & Palestinian Narratives: How Academics Shape History
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 so far been cited by authors of 70 articles, including one published recently that led me to her article. In this work, she and colleagues […]
Algemeiner and JNS: Furthering Palestinian Propaganda?
How can we expect the world to understand our history and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict if our own news sites continue to use nomenclature from “theirstory”, aka, the “Palestinian narrative”? On 16 January, I wrote the following letter in response to an article that appeared 3 days earlier on both the Algemeiner and […]
Tourism Politics — Arabs Who Lie And Arabs Who Don’t Have To
Official Arab tourist sites want to attract your tourist dollars into their economies. That is legitimate. Except when it is not. Buyer beware. * * * * * Backpackers support village and small town economies and those with money to spend on 5-star hotels, fancy restaurants and high-end shops support city economies. Political profit comes […]