Back in the old days say...during the Bush administration, there were all sorts of attacks on academic freedom. There were attacks on science and many of the various humanities and social science disciplines. But those assaults came almost always from outside the academy: from politicians who declared themselves arbiters of morality or scientific rigor. … [Read more...]
Israel’s Outrage Du Jour: Teaching Fifth Graders to ‘Confirm the Kill’
Last week, on a day filled with outrages against sanity and decency in Israel, I penned the first of what I called "Outrages Du Jour." Tonight is the second in the series, featuring three jaw-dropping bouts of near-insanity and bad taste. In the first, the police of the tony Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat HaSharon showcased their terror-fighting abilities to … [Read more...]
Eichmann Originally Supported “Just” Ethnic Cleansing, as Does Israeli Extreme-Right
Now that I've got your attention, I want to offer a shocking and provocative thought first suggested by a Twitter follower who read my tweet featuring a Guardian article about the 30th anniversary of Adolf Eichmann's hanging. The article focuses on the revelation that Eichmann wrote a letter requesting clemency to Israel's president, Yitzhak Ben Tzvi. The … [Read more...]
Technion Professor Supports Palestinian Ethnic Cleansing
UPDATE: Prof. Merhav, thinking better of the worst of his racist Facebook screeds, has scrubbed his page of every post linked below. One wonders, if he believes in free speech as strongly as he claims here, why he would feel the need to do that. At any rate, I display a screenshot of his worst offense below & the rest of my references are translations. … [Read more...]
