Jerusalem bus bombing: one week later
This time last week I was in Tel Aviv seeing a friend off at the airport. I had never taken the train before so we decided to take bus 28 to the central bus station
Back to basics: simplifying the Israel/Palestine discussion
This week I have a friend visiting in Jerusalem from the U.S.
Settlements 102
As I mentioned in my last post on the topic of Israeli Settlements, there’s a lot to discuss regarding this issue. Today I will be talking about the motivations behind the Israeli Settler movement.
Existentializing the Conflict
In her article last week on social media, Kristin Hissong reminded us how important social media (and I would add media in general) is for helping to “set the tone of how the U.S. government reflects its polity.”
Social Media: Apathy or Activism?
Last week, during a discussion about the role of civil society in the current Middle East unrest, a student in my class raised a question about the contrasting roles of social networking sites in the political engagement, or activity, of a country’s people.
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