Sherene Seikaly

The Holocaust Historian Defending Israel Against Charges of Genocide How the war in Gaza is dividing scholars of Nazi Germany.

In case you've been wondering about the moral and intellectual crisis in Holocaust studies, here's exhibit A.

It also illustrates why we felt the need to found the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network: www.ghscn.org/home

Israel murders four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.

The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital

Absolute monsters

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Their cruelty is beyond belief.

From the Editor Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 54, No. 2, 2025)

"The genocide has “killed my lungs.” This is how Samah al-Dahshan narrates losing her nine-year-old daughter Nasma." My latest editor's note for Journal of Palestine Studies @PalStudies
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Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days, social media was an effective tool for activists to organize and communicate with one another and directly with the public, providing counternarratives to the ones laid out in popular coverage.

From the Editor Published in Journal of Palestine Studies (Vol. 54, No. 1, 2025)

These editor's notes are my attempt to archive, to honor Palestinian life, and to grieve all the people we have lost in twenty months of genocide. Institute for Palestine Studies
"Palestine is shrinking. Palestine is everywhere.”

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YouTube video by CCMS SFU Palestine as Paradigm: A Keynote Lecture by Sherene Seikaly | Long Arc of Fascism Conference

One of the highlights of this year was co-hosting a keynote lecture by the magnificent Sherene Seikaly, titled "Palestine as Paradigm."

I am so honoured to be able to share it with you all. Take some time with it. Her message has never been more urgent. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq0A...

Pinkwashing the Timeline | Schuyler Mitchell Pro-Israel propaganda is often ideologically indistinguishable from the hatred that flows from the American right.

A great reminder of Isreal's attempt to obscure genocide through pinkwashing

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The Palestinians of the Gaza Strip teach us what it means to return against all odds

Featuring JPS editor @srseikaly.bsky.social, issue co-editors @amahlbishara.bsky.social and Diana Allan, and authors Lina Abu Akleh, Ghousoon Bisharat, Sarah Ema Friedland, Anna Shah Hoque, Sherena Razek, @zidani.bsky.social, and yasmine eid-sabbagh!

MLA Members for Palestine Protest Denial of BDS Vote at National Assembly | Common Dreams "We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their exist...

"We feel that it is our responsibility as the largest North American organization of scholars of literature and language to protest and stand with our colleagues who are being murdered for their existence," said one organizer.

Full article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The US House has voted 243-140-1 to sanction anyone associated with the International Criminal Court's efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any "protected person" of the US and its allies — namely, Israel.

45 Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill.

$1,131,794,901

That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.

Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.

Thanks to all who showed up to vote and especially to our wonderful speakers Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social, Paul Ortiz, Jr., Raz Segal, Van Gosse, and Barbara Weinstein! We must keep this momentum going. #AHA25

The US is manufacturing doubt about Gaza’s famine The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide.

The Biden administration is attempting to foster a fake dispute over famine numbers in Gaza to obscure the reality of genocide.
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Full @democracynow.org interview with @srseikaly.bsky.social and Barbara Weinstein on the American Historical Society's vote at #AHA25 to adopt the Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza.

The resolution passed in a landslide vote of 428–88 (4 abstentions).

www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

As a journalist & scholar, I’m inspired by @srseikaly.bsky.social’s words on @democracynow.org: “The way forward is not to be passive & obedient. The way forward is to be ethical & to stand for what is just & to stand against this Israeli genocide which—again—is armed & abetted by the United States”

American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...

Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! on the annual meeting of the AHA and its vote against scholasticide in Gaza. @srseikaly.bsky.social, Barbara Weinstein, and @quinnslobodian.com showing how we amplify our voices as historians on the most urgent issues. @weinstein www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

American Historical Association Condemns Israel’s Scholasticide in Gaza The American Historical Association, the oldest learned society in the United States, has adopted the “Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza,” condemning Israel’s “intentional effort to comprehen...

Today I am specially proud to be a historian. Two giants of my profession and dear friends, B. Weinstein and Sherene Seikaly @srseikaly.bsky.social speak in @democracynow.org about the AHA resolution against scholasticisde in Gaza, which passed by a landslide www.democracynow.org/2025/1/6/aha...

The BBC's Civil War Over Gaza The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.

The BBC is in civil war over Israel and Palestine.

BBC journalists are in revolt over what they call "systematic Israeli propaganda" churned out by the Corporation.

My exclusive investigative piece for @dropsitenews.com 👇

www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...

Starbucks workers AND Amazon workers are on nationwide strikes during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. I truly hope their bosses are sweating bullets :)

BREAKING: The Teamsters are dramatically escalating their strike and taking it to Amazon’s largest NYC warehouse.

Beginning at midnight tonight they will picket the massive facility with 5,500 workers.

JFK8 on Staten Island is the first unionized Amazon warehouse.

The key takeaway is that the world’s richest man got what he wanted; stripped our cancer funding for kids, killed reforms to bring down drugs prices and caps on investment in China. Trump on the other hand demanded a debt ceiling raise and got nothing.

📣TODAY at 12:15 PM at Garibaldi Statue! We call on our community & our allies to join us to picket NYU & demand that charges be dropped against the arrested faculty, PNG designations be lifted, cops removed from campus, & negotiations with students over disclosure & divestment commence in good faith

I talked to Hell Gate about things that are going on over here at NYU. Check it out.

How Sunday Morning News Shows Promote an Anti-Palestinian Agenda for Washington Since October 2023, NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s This Week, and CNN’s State of the Union have not featured a single Palestinian guest.

A survey of of Palestine-Israel coverage by four Sunday morning news shows reveals a startling statistic: With the exception of one interview, thesw shows went 12 months without speaking to a single Palestinian or Palestinian American.

gonna give the ol "support independent, worker run, reader funded media" sign a good tap here