#Iran’s day of reckoning is nearing

#Iran’s day of reckoning is nearing

Iran has been playing a dangerous game of kinetic brinkmanship with the United States since the fall of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. Beginning with the Iran hostage crisis, wherein 52 American diplomats were held for 444 days in Tehran, it has evolved into the funding of Hamas, Hezbollah and other militia and terrorist groups sponsored by…

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#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

#At the heart of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, anthropology matters as much as history

Who is indigenous to Israel and Palestine: Jews or Arabs? The answer depends on how we interpret history. Radically diverse starting points invoked by both parties have led to the terrible conflict we are witnessing. Starting with the past century, we can count backwards to see what history tells us. As both the Christian-European and Muslim-Ottoman colonial empires…

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#Christmas has been canceled in Bethlehem this year

#Christmas has been canceled in Bethlehem this year

The city of Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, is usually bustling with holiday festivities and decor this time of year, but this year, celebrations were called off in the wake of Israel’s war with the militant group Hamas. Where there are typically tourists, marching bands, pilgrimages and festive lights now stand dozens of Palestinian…

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#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

#As antisemitism spikes on campuses, remember that colleges are also workplaces

The scenes of Jewish students experiencing antisemitism on college campuses are frightening. But colleges are also workplaces, and the antisemitism that Jewish staff and faculty are experiencing is no less frightening for its intensity, their inability to avoid it and their greater and more particularized fear of retaliation. The agency charged with enforcing federal antidiscrimination…

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