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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How have novels helped promote Zionist myths about Israel’s creation? Prof. Aaron Kreuter (Trent University) breaks down how Leon Uris’s Exodus used racialized depictions of Palestinians, narratives of Jewish victimhood, youtube.com/shorts/WUiYQ...

https://youtube.com/shorts/WUiYQqer4xc

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Is criticism of Israel automatically antisemitic? Prof. Ahmed Afzaal (Concordia College) breaks down why criticism of a state’s actions and prejudice against Jewish people are not the same thing. youtube.com/shorts/7g5Dj...

https://youtube.com/shorts/7g5DjDB-D14

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What does occupation look like in Hebron? Amy Yoder McGloughlin (Mennonite Pastor, Author, Community Peacemaker Teams Volunteer, and founding member of Mennonite Action) breaks down how Israeli control in H2 restricts Palestinian movement, youtube.com/shorts/7-ilq...

https://youtube.com/shorts/7-ilqTBLtM4

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is Israel using archaeology to expand control over the West Bank? Chemi Shiff, Head of Research at Emek Shaveh, breaks down how archaeological sites and expropriation orders are being used to deepen Israeli control, youtube.com/shorts/qUB6h...

https://youtube.com/shorts/qUB6h_OGu4I

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Is California’s response to antisemitism in public schools protecting students—or restricting criticism of Israel? Retired Los Angeles teacher and union organizer Marcy Winograd breaks down the lawsuit brought by the Brandeis Center and youtube.com/shorts/gK0sm...

https://youtube.com/shorts/gK0sm3nZXZw

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Is Trump really using civil rights laws to justify exclusion? Prof. Jonathan Feingold (Boston University School of Law) breaks down how the Trump administration is targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education—and why he argues youtube.com/shorts/1qKsd...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Should the U.S. move troops and military bases to Israel? Dr. David Vine (author of Base Nation and The United States of War) breaks down why relocating U.S. forces to Israel could deepen U.S. involvement youtube.com/shorts/VjgTH...

https://youtube.com/shorts/VjgTHb5_ee4

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Are Israeli elections really a choice between Netanyahu and the opposition—or is Palestine being left out of the debate? Prof. Joel Beinin (Stanford University) breaks down how Israel’s Jewish political establishment has avoided confronting youtube.com/shorts/j-YpZ...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is the “Palestine exception” shaping what historians are willing to condemn? Prof. Juan Cole (University of Michigan) breaks down the American Historical Association’s response to the destruction of Gaza’s universities youtube.com/shorts/xfm7z...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

How did one Palestinian village successfully defend its land against the Separation Barrier? Prof. Maia Hallward (Kennesaw State University) breaks down the powerful, women-led nonviolent resistance movement in Budrus that forced the Israeli government to reroute the youtube.com/shorts/q9GM3...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Should Palestinians from Iqrit be allowed to return to their village? Prof. Jacob Sznajder (Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University) breaks down how Iqrit’s residents were ordered to leave for two weeks in 1948, only to be denied return for decades—even youtube.com/shorts/7DG6-...

https://youtube.com/shorts/7DG6-pTkSYE?feature=share

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How do you go back to school when an entire educational system is in ruins? Shulamit Pinchover (researcher and lecturer in early childhood development) breaks down what education looks like for children in Gaza amid the destruction of schools and displacement. youtube.com/shorts/JfqSh...

https://youtube.com/shorts/JfqSht1e8Gg

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Is Israel’s “Judaizing the Galilee” policy about development—or demographic control? Palestinian scholar Leena Dallasheh explains how Israeli officials used the term “Judaizing” to describe efforts to increase the Jewish population, youtube.com/shorts/xwYJd...

https://youtube.com/shorts/xwYJdhxjor8

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What does it mean to truly bear witness to the lives of children lost in war? Dr. Mairead Heaney breaks down Australia’s Wall of Tears, an installation memorialising Palestinian children killed since 7 October 2023. By bringing their names, faces, and stories into view, youtube.com/shorts/WiZEO...

https://youtube.com/shorts/WiZEOOsmhK8?feature=share

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Is AI-powered warfare making it easier to kill without accountability? Prof. Shiri Krebs (Deakin University) breaks down how drones and AI are reshaping international humanitarian law—from reducing nuanced legal judgments to data points, youtube.com/shorts/rOGE4...

https://youtube.com/shorts/rOGE4JReb9g

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

A major win for free speech, student protest, freedom of assembly, and academic freedom! Prof. Sang Hea Kil (San José State University) discusses how she fought her termination after being targeted for supporting students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza— youtube.com/shorts/dJNvs...

https://youtube.com/shorts/dJNvs3qvQUA

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Is attending a court hearing a basic right—or a form of punishment? Human rights lawyer Ben Marmarelli (Human Rights Lawyer in Israel/Palestine) breaks down how Palestinian political prisoners face severe physical abuse during transfers to court, including beatings, youtube.com/shorts/Rcszt...

https://youtube.com/shorts/Rcsztqovik4

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Is Stockton University standing against genocide—or silencing scholars who speak out? Prof. Raz Segal (Stockton University) discusses why his university removed his statement addressing Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, youtube.com/shorts/KjidD...

https://youtube.com/shorts/KjidDcnQO8E

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Is Gaza’s healthcare system being pushed toward total collapse? Israeli pediatrician Michal Feldon explains how fuel shortages, destroyed medical infrastructure, and vanishing supplies are putting hospitals, newborns, cancer patients, and other vulnerable youtube.com/shorts/ZvenB...

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZvenBD0HVck

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can donkeys reveal the realities of ethnic cleansing? Prof. Irus Braverman (The State University of New York at Buffalo) explains how violence against donkeys in Palestine-Israel reflects broader patterns of dispossession, settler colonialism, and youtube.com/shorts/8ABvZ...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Is the Israeli Left serious about peace? Samah Watad (Journalist) breaks down why many self-described Zionist left-wing peace efforts avoid confronting the political structures she argues sustain inequality and violence. youtube.com/shorts/wrXUx...

https://youtube.com/shorts/wrXUxrG6oL0

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Is the Israeli medical establishment staying silent as healthcare workers are imprisoned? Dr. Michal Feldon (Pediatrician) exposes the silence of Israel's official medical institutions over the detention and alleged abuse of Palestinian healthcare youtube.com/shorts/haETk...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Is Congress quietly merging the U.S. and Israeli military industries? Dr. Ben Freeman (Quincy Institute & author of Trillion Dollar War Machine) breaks down legislation that would deepen U.S.-Israel defense integration, why he says it would reduce youtube.com/shorts/v2TFX...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Is Memory for Forgetfulness still one of the most powerful books about war and exile? Michael David Lukas (San Francisco State University) recommends Mahmoud Darwish’s Memory for Forgetfulness and explains why its portrayal of everyday life under Israeli youtube.com/shorts/1pyKL...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Is Zionism sustained by propaganda? Prof. Harriet Malinowitz (Retired Professor of English, Long Island University, Brooklyn) breaks down how hasbara, education, media, and cultural narratives reinforce Zionist mythology and shape public perception of Israel. youtube.com/shorts/8UaJx...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Is Israel committing war crimes? Prof. Mike Brand (Adjunct Professor of Mass Atrocities and International Law) breaks down what constitutes a war crime under international law, why he argues Israel's actions in Gaza and Lebanon meet that definition, youtube.com/shorts/MlEA6...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Can drones really make life-and-death decisions? Prof. Shiri Krebs (Deakin University) explains how drone warfare in Gaza is transforming the way people are identified, targeted, and killed—and why that makes accountability increasingly difficult. youtube.com/shorts/xLCO1...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Can football help build global support for Palestine? Dr. David Vine (Political Anthropologist, author of United States of War) explains how fans, players, and coaches have turned this year’s Club World Cup into a platform for solidarity with Palestinians—https://youtube.com/shorts/1v0Px-m8wtM

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Have you read the Palestinian novel Wild Thorns? Michael David Lukas (Author, San Francisco State) recommends Sahar Khalifeh’s classic and reflects on how it challenged the narratives he grew up with, offering a powerful portrait of daily life, resistance, youtube.com/shorts/UomQX...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Did God really give Jews the land of Israel? Prof. Ahmed Afzaal (Concordia College) breaks down why the biblical argument commonly used by Zionists does not hold up even on its own theological terms. youtube.com/shorts/dQErR...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Is Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya being left to die in Israeli detention? Prof. Dorit Naaman (Queen's University) explains why civil rights organizations, medical professionals, and legal advocates are urgently calling for his release amid reports of his rapidly youtube.com/shorts/lFzXA...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Do antisemitism lawsuits actually make Jews safer? Laura Einhorn (Public School Teacher, San Leandro) explains why she believes these lawsuits drain public school resources, reinforce harmful stereotypes, and undermine solidarity across marginalized communities. youtube.com/shorts/abHIO...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

How did Colombia go from Israel’s closest South American ally to a leading supporter of Palestine? Prof. Les Field (University of New Mexico) breaks down the decades-long Colombia–Israel alliance, why Colombia delayed recognizing Palestine until 2018, youtube.com/shorts/jIlIT...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

What can Naila and the Uprising teach us about Palestinian resistance? Prof. Nada Elia (Western Washington University) breaks down how the documentary tells the story of Palestinian women who led a grassroots movement during the First Intifada, building youtube.com/shorts/eVMrU...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Are Christians really safe in Israel? Daoud Kuttab (Former Ferris Journalism Professor at Princeton University) breaks down the documented rise in attacks on Christians, the growing concerns of church leaders, and why international religious figures are youtube.com/shorts/jTlbE...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What is the legal basis for the Palestinian right of return? Prof. Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto) explains how the 1925 Palestine Citizenship Order and the doctrine of ipso facto citizenship shape the legal argument that Palestinian refugees have a right to youtube.com/shorts/wb6H9...

Mohammad Fadel: The Right Of Return And The Palestine Citizenship Order Of 1925

What is the legal basis for the Palestinian right of return? Prof. Mohammad Fadel (University of Toronto) explains how the 1925 Palestine Citizenship Order and the doctrine of ipso facto citizenship…

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Is the American Historical Association silencing its own members on Gaza? Prof. Margaret Power (Illinois Institute of Technology) exposes how AHA leadership twice blocked member-backed resolutions condemning the destruction of Gaza’s educational system, youtube.com/shorts/tL-rX...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

How deeply is the Israeli military embedded in higher education? Nissi Peli (New Profile) breaks down the extensive collaboration between Israeli academia and the military, from specialized military-academic tracks to universities adjusting standards and hosting military youtube.com/shorts/Qlru3...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Should Congress stop sending weapons to Israel? Prof. Josh Ruebner (Georgetown University) explains why supporters of the Block the Bombs Act say it could help end U.S. military support for Israel’s actions in Gaza and beyond. youtube.com/shorts/aAEmQ...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Do states have a right to exist? Prof. Ahmed Afzaal (Concordia College) breaks down why rights belong to people, not political entities, and argues that asking whether Israel has a "right to exist" functions as a rhetorical trap that shields the state from accountability youtube.com/shorts/Kgvkx...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

How has Israel starved Gaza with impunity for over two and a half years? Drs. Liat Kozma and Lee Mordechai (Hebrew University) explain how Israel used control over aid, crossings, food production, and humanitarian access to impose a policy of de facto starvation youtube.com/shorts/sXvHC...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

What is really happening inside Israeli prisons? Ben Marmarelli (Human Rights Lawyer in Israel/Palestine) exposes allegations of abuse, isolation, and the lack of accountability facing Palestinian prisoners, drawing on his firsthand experiences representing detainees. youtube.com/shorts/DdTAq...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

How has Gaza’s destruction fueled a deadly infectious disease crisis? Prof. Saira Hussain, MD, exposes how the collapse of water, sanitation, and healthcare systems has triggered the spread of severe respiratory infections, Hepatitis A, and life-threatening malnutrition. youtube.com/shorts/lYTaJ...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Is the struggle for women’s equality at the Western Wall inherently feminist—or can it also reinforce colonial power? Dr. Roni Tzoreff (Academia for Equality) breaks down how Jewish feminist activism at the Western Wall intersects with the history youtube.com/shorts/6pRZF...

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Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Looking for a powerful book about Palestine? Michael David Lukas (San Francisco State University) recommends Ghassan Kanafani’s Returning to Haifa and explains why its story of loss, identity, and the lasting impact of the Nakba remains so essential today. youtube.com/shorts/IMI7y...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What happens when war destroys not just hospitals, but access to lifesaving care? Dr. Michal Feldon (Senior Pediatrician) breaks down how Gaza’s collapsing health system is leaving chronic patients without medication, dialysis, and treatment—turning manageable illnesses youtube.com/shorts/s1pte...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Is Palestinian return actually possible? Prof. Tom Pessah (Israeli sociologist) breaks down proposals for Palestinian right of return, including research showing many depopulated areas remain unbuilt and potential frameworks for restitution, compensation, and refugee-led youtube.com/shorts/lXTnd...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Why does Trump want the biggest war budget in U.S. history? David Vine (author of The United States of War) breaks down Trump’s push for a $1.5–$1.7 trillion Pentagon budget and how endless war spending fuels inflation, expands conflict, and diverts youtube.com/shorts/M7rk2...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Are California schools erasing Palestinian history from the classroom? Meg Honey (California Ethnic Studies/U.S. History Teacher) exposes how lawsuits and political pressure are chilling discussions of Palestine in K-12 education — youtube.com/shorts/rTghg...

Academics for Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

How did Christian Zionism spread through Latin America? Prof. Crystal Silva (Austin Seminary) breaks down how U.S. Cold War–era missionary movements linked Christianity, anti-communism, and support for Israel — youtube.com/shorts/msM1n...