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Dec 4, 2025, 10:54 PM

Endorsing Violence against Israel at Cornell?

An installation on Cornell’s Ithaca campus commemorating October 7, 2025.
This was a one-day installation, erected on October 7th 2025, and dismantled on the same day, or the following day.

The following was originally written for the Cornell community: A few days ago, the Cornell Graduate Students Union (CGSU-UE) passed a resolution, under the title “International Solidarity with the Palestinian Liberation Struggle”. However, the resolution goes much further than express...

Sep 3, 2025, 9:49 PM

A Progressive Conundrum

A recent episode of Jubilee’s Surrounded debate series offered a revealing glimpse into the Progressive conundrum of our time. Surrounded is a popular YouTube program that stages debates in an intense format: one person sits in the center of...

Mar 20, 2025, 11:09 PM

For Those Left Behind

For many, February was a hopeful month. This was the month that saw the start of a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, including the release of 33 hostages (most of them alive) kept by Hamas and other Islamist organizations...

Oct 26, 2024, 11:31 AM

Questioning Israel’s Political Legitimacy

Recently, French President Emmanuel Macron directed his arrows at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating, “Mr. Netanyahu must not forget that his country was created by a U.N. decision.” This remark apparently reflects something of a trend in French...

May 23, 2024, 9:07 PM

The war in Gaza and the (real) road to peace

This week, Ireland, Spain, and Norway announced that they would soon recognize Palestinian statehood. According to CNN, “Hamas, the militant group which governs Gaza, urged other countries to follow suit and ‘recognize our legitimate national rights, support the struggle...

Apr 13, 2024, 10:52 PM

Are you a Zionist?

On the delegitimization of Israel through language ** Are you a Zionist? Among many Progressives and intellectuals all around the liberal world, being called a Zionist today is similar to being called an imperialist or a colonialist. Very often, this is...

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Rhona Burns is a postdoctoral associate at Cornell University, Jewish Studies Program, where she also teaches on Israeli history and culture