by jpitney | Sep 1, 2024 | Israel, Middle East, Terrorism, Uncategorized
President BIden: Earlier today, in a tunnel under the city of Rafah, Israeli forces recovered six bodies of hostages held by Hamas. We have now confirmed that one of the hostages killed by these vicious Hamas terrorists was an American citizen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin....
by jpitney | Aug 28, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel
Antisemitism on Campus: Understanding Hostility to Jews and Israel Graham Wright, Shahar Hecht, Sasha Volodarsky, and Leonard Saxe August 2024 We know that Jewish students have experienced a heightened hostile environment on many college campuses since October 7. But...
by jpitney | Aug 27, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East
Jay P. Greene and Frederick M. Hess at the American Enterprise Institute: Academic associations have a long history of connecting scholars and promoting scholarship, but too many today have traded their scholarly mission for a political one. Of the 99 academic...
by jpitney | Jul 10, 2024 | Iran, Israel, Middle East, Protest
Statement from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines on Recent Iranian Influence Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. — Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines today released the following statement: “The Intelligence Community recognizes the importance of...
by jpitney | May 25, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East, Protest
Marc Novicoff and Robert Kelchen at The Washington Monthly; We at the Washington Monthly tried to get to the bottom of this question: Have pro-Palestinian protests taken place disproportionately at elite colleges, where few students come from lower-income families?...
by jpitney | May 1, 2024 | Higher Education, Israel, Middle East, Public Opinion
Jon Keller at CBS Boston: You’ve seen the crowds and heard the rhetoric. But what impact is all the campus turmoil over the war in Gaza having on public opinion? Not much, according to Dritan Nesho, co-director of the nationwide Harvard Center for American...
