Bassem Eid “The Internal Palestinian Conflicts”
https://isgap.org/media/2016/02/bassem-eid-the-internal-palestinian-conflicts/
Feb.22 “The Internal Palestinian Conflicts” Mr. Bassem Eid Founder, Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group (PHRMG) Location: Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Hall, WCC B010 Time: 7:00 P.M. Convener: Vivaldi Jean-Marie
Mimesis, Antisemitism, Terror
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/mimesis-antisemitism-terror/
How can we explain the virulence and brutality—the gratuitous barbarity—of Islamist mass-murder terrorism? More than ideology, more than neurosis, we should consider mimesis, rivalry and mimetic contagion. Some ten days before the attacks in Paris last November, the immortel René Girard died, bringing to an end a long and uniquely productive intellectual career. For decades, […]
ANTISEMITIC INCITEMENT IS STILL ALIVE IN IRAN
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/antisemitic-incitement-is-still-alive-in-iran/
On April 10, the Iranian hardliner website Mashregh News affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards published an article entitled “Who Are Human History’s Most Bloodthirsty People?” The article was later republished by other websites, including Alef, which is associated with Ahmad Tavakoli, a conservative member of Iranian Parliament (Majlis), former head of its research center, and […]
Journalistic Ethics and Mideast Reporting
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/journalistic-ethics-and-mideast-reporting/
In a world at once increasingly chaotic and interconnected, the news media have come to play unprecedented roles both in covering and influencing fast-moving events. The current violence in Israel is all the more disturbing because of the morally ambiguous coverage it receives in the worldwide press. Although this phenomenon is not new – the […]
Ending a Century of Palestinian Rejectionism
https://isgap.org/flashpoint/ending-a-century-of-palestinian-rejectionism/
Palestinians are on the wrong track and will not get off it until the outside world demands better of them. News comes every year or two of a campaign of violence spurred by Palestinian political and religious leaders spreading wild-eyed conspiracy theories (the favorite: Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is under threat). A spasm of unprovoked […]
Dr. Benny Morris, “The War of 1948: New Perspectives”
https://isgap.org/media/2015/12/dr-benny-morris-the-war-of-1948-new-perspectives/
“The War of 1948: New Perspectives” Dr. Benny Morris Professor of History, Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University Morris begins by arguing that the 1948 War was an unusual one for two reasons. He firstly approaches it as a war of two distinct halves. The first, before 1948, was a civil war; during and after 1948 […]
Professor Chuck Freilich, “Never Again: Israel, the US and the Iranian Nuclear Program”
https://isgap.org/media/2015/05/professor-chuck-freilich-never-again-israel-the-us-and-the-iranian-nuclear-program/
Seminar Series: Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective “Never Again: Israel, the US and the Iranian Nuclear Program” Professor Chuck Freilich Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Thursday, April 23, 2015, 5:30PM ISGAP Center, 3rd Floor
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, “Combating Anti-Israel Bias and Antisemitic Rhetoric in Federally-Funded Middle East Studies Programs: A Case Study”
https://isgap.org/media/2014/11/tammi-rossman-benjamin-combating-anti-israel-bias-and-antisemitic-rhetoric-in-federally-funded-middle-east-studies-programs-a-case-study/
November 3rd Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, The University of California Santa Cruz “Combating Anti-Israel Bias and Antisemitic Rhetoric in Federally-Funded Middle East Studies Programs: A Case Study” Location: McGill University, Leacock Building, Room 738
Ambassador Ephraim Halevy- “Sovereignties and Players Local and International – Old and New – Struggling to Reshape a Crumbling Middle East Landscape. Quo Vadis?”
https://isgap.org/media/2014/04/ambassador-ephraim-halevy-sovereignties-and-players-local-and-international-old-and-new-struggling-to-reshape-a-crumbling-middle-east-landscape-quo-vadis/
Title: “Sovereignties and Players Local and International – Old and New – Struggling to Reshape a Crumbling Middle East Landscape. Quo Vadis?” Speaker: Ambassador Ephraim Halevy, Head of the Center for Strategic Policy Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s School of Public Policy (2003-2011); Former Director of Mossad, Israel Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2014 Location: Columbia […]
Professor Benny Morris – “The 1948 War as a Jihad”
https://isgap.org/media/2014/04/professor-benny-morris-the-1948-war-as-a-jihad/
Title: “The 1948 War as a Jihad” Speaker: Professor Benny Morris, Professor of Middle East History, Ben Gurion University Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014 Location: ISGAP Center, as part of the ISGAP seminar series “Antisemitism in Comparative Perspective”