Informed Comment daily updates (12/13/2023)

Pogroms, Nazis and Iron Walls: Israelis can Imagine any Frame but Human, Occupied Palestinians Montréal (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – Pogrom. This Russian term denotes a violent riot incited with the aim of massacring Jews and destroying their property. One of the deadliest pogroms (50 Jews were killed and nearly 600 wounded) took place in Kishinev a hundred and twenty years ago, in April 1903. But the trauma […]

Gaza War: A better Understanding of the Violence on both Sides might give us a Chance at a Solution By Torbjörn Tännsjö, Stockholm University | – Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7 marked the beginning of a fresh round of conflict between Israel and Palestine. But it also raises the question of how we should assess Hamas’s terrible crime and whether and how it can be put into context compared with other war […]

Power, Protest and all That’s News: Reporting on the Israel-Gaza Conflict By Nan Levinson | – What a world! For eight weeks now, events in Israel and Gaza have been the story of the hour, day, week. And what exactly are we to make of that?  Let’s start with the obvious: American media coverage of the horrors there has been nonstop since the Hamas slaughter of October […]

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