by chersm | Feb 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the post-modern university where, at least in the social sciences and humanities, facts are no longer, well, factual, the country of Israel fares badly. Rather than information about the actual country, an abstract idea of Israel has emerged on college...
by cherryls | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Inaccurate and distorting one-liners can easily be corrected. After complaints, CNN edited and apologized for both the completely false headline, “Deadly attack on Jerusalem mosque” and the disturbingly misleading, “4 Israelis, Two Palestinians dead...
by cherryls | Nov 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
There is something jarring about this sentence in the news. “The terrorist is being treated in [the] hospital.” Wounded by security personnel too late, the terrorist had already murdered 26-year-old, Dahlia Lemkus, whose neighbors knew her as “the kind, giving,...
by cherryls | Sep 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
In spite of the many biases, phobias, anti-“isms” and micro-aggressions studied at universities, anti-Israelism does not seem to be a familiar term in most academic settings. When, at a rally, Israelis are called “Nazis”; when Israel “apartheid” weeks set up on...
by cherryls | Aug 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week in Syria, one percent of the al-Sheitaat tribe was killed, 700 people, some by beheading. Their murderers are members of ISIS, known also as Islamic State. On a single weekend last month, another 700 people were killed in Syria. Syria’s war death toll...
by cherryls | Aug 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Where is the Hamas offensive? We get constant news of the “Israeli offensive” and the “Gaza offensive” but both refer to action by Israel. What about the Hamas offensive? This phrase does not exist in mainstream media. It doesn’t come up in a Google search. And...
