Magda Teter

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Author of "Christian Supremacy: Reckoning with the Roots of Antisemitism and Racism" (2023,
@princetonupress)
& "Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth" (Harvard U Press, Prizes: 2020 NJBA/AHA 2021 Mosse/SCS 2021 Bainton), "Sinners on Trial" (Harvard, 2011) & "Jews and Heretics" (Cambridge, 2005). Contributes to NYRB.
Fellowships: JS Guggenheim, HF Guggenheim, Radcliffe,Cullman.

This is my political junkie account. A nerdy scholarly content: @MagdaTeter

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Book websitehttp://thebloodlibeltrail.org/
The power of propaganda. Data vs. feelings

An essay by Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Palestinian-American who grew up in Gaza is worth a read:

"Before the Oct. 7 massacre carried out by Hamas, it was common for left-leaning and liberal pro-Palestine activists to state their opposition to the Islamist group as they also readily condemned the Israeli occupation and the repression of Palestinians, especially in Gaza. However, immediately after the attack, and perhaps due to the unprecedented scale and success of the offensive, a shift occurred."
https://thirdnarrative.org/palestinian-american-tells-left-stop-excusing-hamas/

Palestinian-American Tells Left: Stop Excusing Hamas - The Third Narrative

There's a refusal by some on the left to denounce Hamas as a violent terror group that not only committed a vile atrocity against Israelis, but has exercised authoritarian violence against Gazans for over 17 years. [Posted by permission of the Forward]

The Third Narrative
In Poland, 160 tonnes of Ukrainian grain spilled out of railroad cars

On the night of February 25, Ukrainian agricultural products were dumped from eight railroad cars at the Polish railway station Kotomierz, causing 160 tonnes of grain to be damaged. — Ukrinform.

Укринформ
Canada signs new security pact with Ukraine, including $320M in military spending and $2.4B in loans

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Trump didn’t cause these people to be fascist bigots. He gave them permission to be open about it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nazis-mingle-openly-cpac-spreading-antisemitic-conspiracy-theories-fin-rcna140335
Nazis mingle openly at CPAC, spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and finding allies

Throughout the conference, racist extremists, some of whom had secured official CPAC badges, openly mingled with conference attendees and espoused antisemitic conspiracy theories.

NBC News
It’s been a while, but I’m back out on the streets trying to bring the government down.
I am 💔 about Flaco 🦉
First Rover 🦅
Now Flaco. #NYC
If you missed Part III of our series "How Did We Get Here? A Deep Dive into the History of Israel and Palestine" with @ibishblog and David Myers, you can view it here with the previous parts and register for Part IV: October 7th and its aftermath"
https://jewishstudies.ace.fordham.edu/how-did-we-get-here-a-deep-dive-into-the-history-of-israel-and-palestine/
A Deep Dive into the History of Israel and Palestine – Center for Jewish Studies @Fordham

A deliberate campaign to create a permission structure to support rightwing extremism for people who don’t want to think of themselves as supporting rightwing extremism - combined with the eternal mainstream media quest to demonstrate “neutrality” and “balance.”

The result is a bizarre monstrosity.