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Aug 6, 2015, 2:22 AM

When Arabs Frame Jews in Israel

There are two recent stories in the news, both of which are concerned with Arab attempts to blame Jews for crimes that those Jews did not commit. There was the story of Imad Abu Sharikh who came to the hospital...

Jun 26, 2014, 2:08 AM

Dear Professor Fred Astren, Why Does San Francisco State University Support Violence Against Jews?

Look, I do not like it any better than you do. San Francisco State University is among the most anti-Semitic and racist universities in the United States. I can affirm this first-hand because I was there as a graduate student toward...

Jun 24, 2014, 12:59 AM

Love of the Land Links

Getting Them US State Dept Deja Vu Blues Oh My! Palestinians Play the Victim Again Presbyterian Church (USA), Where Hatred Triumphs Over Ethics What can we learn from UNESCO silence on Jews from Arab countries? Overreacting to the Kidnapping? If my reaction is similar...

Jun 10, 2014, 10:11 PM

Hillary’s Right-Wing Delusions

Ari Yashar, writing in Arutz Sheva, tells us this: Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has some biting words for President Barack Obama in her new memoir, saying his push for a construction freeze in Judea and Samaria was...

Jun 6, 2014, 7:33 PM

San Francisco State University Funds Hatred

San Francisco State University is among the most racist universities in the United States today. Last year my old alma mater funded student political organizations that called specifically for murder and presumably for the murder of Jews. At an event sponsored by...

May 27, 2014, 6:26 PM

So, Just What is a “Palestinian,” Anyways?

The Philistines, of course, were a seafaring people of the Aegean islands. They were one of the rivals for regional dominance competing with the ancient Israelites along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea over one thousand years before Jesus...

May 19, 2014, 6:09 AM

US official: Obama blames settlements for failed talks

In the Times of Israel we read: Earlier this month, anonymous American officials personally involved in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks – special envoy Martin Indyk presumed to have been among them – provided a harsh assessment to a respected Israeli journalist of why...

May 16, 2014, 7:53 PM

Obama Backed Boko Haram

Joel Gehrke of the Washington Examiner writes the following: When congressional leaders asked the State Department to tailor American assistance to Nigeria in a way that would protect Christians from religious persecution at the hands of Boko Haram, an extremist...

May 12, 2014, 11:09 PM

Boko Haram and the Death of Feminism

Feminism is dead and multiculturalism killed it. Almost a month ago Islamists broke into a Nigerian secondary school and kidnapped hundreds of young girls which, initially, they were planning to sell into slavery but, according to Reuters, they are now...

May 7, 2014, 7:09 PM

University of California Cancels Nonie Darwish Speech

Front Page Magazine reports the following: On the heels of Brandeis University’s controversial decision to rescind an honorary degree to women’s rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, organizers of a week-long pro-Israel event called iFest, which is currently underway at the...

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About Me

Mike Lumish is a PhD in American history from the Pennsylvania State University and has taught at PSU, San Francisco State University, and the City College of San Francisco. He regularly publishes on the Arab-Israel conflict at the Times of Israel and at his own blog, Israel Thrives (http://israel-thrives.blogspot.com/). He has in recent years given conference papers on American cultural and intellectual history at The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences in Dublin, Ireland, as well as at the Western Historical Association in Phoenix, Arizona and the American Cultural Association in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lumish is also the founding editor of the scholarly on-line discussion forum H-1960s. He can be contacted at mike.lumish@gmail.com.