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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

My review in the Dublin Review of Books: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Isabella Hammad's on solidarity and Palestine. We are being invited to confront how we are implicated as bystanders. But what to do with our witnessing--of ourselves, of victims, of the perpetrators of genocide? drb.ie/article/pale...

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

UK citizens: Use @pscupdates.bsky.social new e-action to report UK Lawyers for Israel to the Charity Commission today: palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/uklfi-charit...

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Report UKLFI to the Charity Commission

Dear Charity Commission,

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A strong piece by Mohammed Fadel about the Trump (and Biden) administration's weaponization of civil rights law for the protection of Israel www.chronicle.com/article/how-... vil-rights-law-was-turned-against-civil-rights?sra=true And see report it's based on 👇⬇️

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Opinion | How Civil-Rights Law Was Turned Against Civil Rights

Title VI is now a tool for silencing dissent.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yezid's latest - very interesting and provocative - substack. "Palestinian politics faces an existential crisis." Not for the first time open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

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The third death of Palestinian politics

This is part of a series of occasional posts critically assessing Palestinian politics and 7 October

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Yezid's latest Substack post, a poignant and interesting brief essay on his family's history, as the last of the Nakba generation passes away : substack.com/inbox/post/1...

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We buried my aunt Mary last Friday

I pause my weekly commentary on Middle East and global politics for a more personal reflection

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Yezid's latest ponder: A core feature of the far-right is its penchant for rupture, whipping up emotions it can harness for transgressive violence. I argue that comfortable certainties must be set aside, & ask: How far might Israel’s far-right go? sayighyezid.substack.com/p/how-far-mi...

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How far might Israel’s far-right go?

Everything that once seemed to be far-fetched should now be treated as probable, worldwide but also in Israel—including overturning parliamentary elections

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I just signed the bsky.app/profile/tamu... petition: Defend Academic Freedom at Texas A&M University! Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/de...

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

open.substack.com/pub/sayighye... Yezid's latest substack about Saudi-UAE relations and what's impacting lives of the people of Yemen, Sudan, and the rest of the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea

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Mischief in Arabia—and its ripple effects

The regional effects of Saudi-Emirati tensions will complicate, or even derail, any attempt to repair the two countries’ relationship

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Check out Yezid's latest substack - on the need for a real accounting (and accountability) . He voices important questions and critiques of how such silence has persisted about what Hamas did, accomplished, expected, prompted, is responsible for... open.substack.com/pub/sayighye...

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A viable new Palestinian politics starts with 7 October

An updated narrative by Hamas of its 7 October attack sidesteps the question of what its concrete objectives were, but Palestinian politics requires an honest debate about exactly this.

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Yezid Sayigh @yezidsayigh.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Help keep Palestinian network al-Shabaka continue as a critical voice and platform for debate:

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

‪@yezidsayigh.bsky.social‬ provides unique insights on Middle Eastern goings on. Check out his recent post on Egypt and the UAE in Sudan

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

"Palestine 36" is not a film that Zionists will like, not least because they barely feature. ...As Jacir told The Guardian, “This film is for Palestinians. It’s our story that hasn’t been told.” My review of Jacir's latest epic: www.merip.org/2025/12/pale....

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Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History

Annemarie Jacir’s epic portrayal of the revolt that never ended.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My review of Annemarie Jacir’s recent epic film, Palestine 36: www.merip.org/2025/12/pale... Check it out and see the movie when you can. It's a good one.

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Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History

Annemarie Jacir’s epic portrayal of the revolt that never ended.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

The first of my 2 articles on a US court case regarding the intersection of Palestinian, academic, and speech freedoms: jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is a win

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Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked

A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for supporters of Palestinian liberation and opponents o...

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Friends! I'll be walking in a 5K UNRWA fundraiser on Sunday in support of Palestinian refugees - in honor of my mom Betty, who's turning 97 in a few days. Please donate what you can and share with others. Thanks! getinvolved.unrwausa.org/fundraiser/6...

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2025 NYC Gaza 5K

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

jacobin.com/2025/10/pale... So much wisdom in this conversation: "without focusing on that broader working-class agenda & without focusing on winning over people who don’t already agree with you ... how [will you] build enough power to... change US policy toward Israel and the Middle East”

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Ultraleftism Can’t Free Palestine

Two years into Israel’s genocide, the US movement in solidarity with Palestinians is far weaker than it should be. To cut off American arms to Israel, we need to build a powerful movement oriented to ...

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Hey Americans: These ICE maniacs, who clearly need lifetimes of therapy for whatever propels them into such brutality, are not staying focused on brown people and Palestinians and noncitizens forever.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

"No, the New York Times is not committing journalism." "No, the New York Times is not committing to truth." What Bret Stephens meant to say.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Public Anthropologist issue on Israel's genocide of Palestinians is now open access until October: brill.com/view/journal... (I co-edited with Heidi Mogstad). It's reflections on what anthropologists can contribute to public education about the genocide in Gaza, and the limitations 1/4

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Novel analysis of Egypt - now available for readers of Arabic

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Of possible interest, esp. if you're planning a trip to Paris by November: my review essay on an exhibit, “Treasures rescued from Gaza – 5000 years of history”, at the Arab World Institute orientxxi.info/lu-vu-entend...

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What Treasures of Gaza We Save

While Palestinians are made invisible by Israel and its Western allies, the The Arab World Institute’s special exhibit, “Treasures rescued from Gaza - 5000 (…)

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

"Speaking Out Against Genocide and Repression," a special issue of Public Anthropologist edited by Heidi Mogstad and me is out brill.com/view/journal... 1/3

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Prof. Khalidi: "Columbia barely merits the name of a university, since its teaching & scholarship on the Middle East, & soon much else, will...be vetted by a “senior vice provost for inclusive pedagogy”, in reality a senior vice provost for Israeli propaganda." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi

Columbia has long been run more as a business empire than as an educational institution. Now it’s acting like Vichy on the Hudson

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We refuse to accept the normalisation of Palestinian deaths. End arms sales to Israel, now.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

A few (8) members of Congress who still care about the constitution. Wonders never cease.

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Jews For Racial & Economic Justice Action @jfrejnyc.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

🚨 EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE Columbia/Barnard faculty, Jewish community leaders, immigrant advocates, and rabbis are demanding the immediate release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody. We will not be silent or cower in the face of American Fascism. #FreeMahmoud

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ajantha Subramanian and I talk w/ John Plotz about our chats w/ Peter Beinart and Subir Sinha in the roundup episode of Violent Majorities. recallthisbook.org/2025/03/06/1... We ask: Will the ominously successful assimilation of Zionism into American right-wing politics start working for Hindutva?

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Labour could tax the super-rich to end poverty, build social housing and fix our NHS. They are choosing to go after the worst-off instead. For a while, many people didn’t know what this government stood for. They do now: tough choices for the poor, endless money for war.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Listen to my podcast episode with Ajantha Subramanian & Subir Sinha on Recall This Book/ New Books Network newbooksnetwork.com/subir-sinha-... We discuss the growth of Hindutva in the US & UK, & the manufacture of wounded Hindu sentiments: a false claim to victimhood 1/2

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Subir Sinha on Hindutva as Long-Distance Ethnonationalism - New Books Network

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My review of Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart jacobin.com/2025/02/zion... Blending biblical critique with political observations, it rethinks the meaning of Jewishness today.

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From Zionist Myths to Humanist Ethics

In his latest book, Peter Beinart calls on American Jews to see the horrors of Gaza and abandon blind Zionism in favor of a justice-driven Jewish identity. Blending biblical critique with political ob...

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The New Yorker once described Peter Beinart as the most influential liberal Zionist of his generation. No longer. Listen to my conversation with him and Ajantha Subramanian about his latest book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning newbooksnetwork.com/being-jewish...

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Violent Majorities 2.1: Peter Beinart on Long-Distance Israeli Ethnonationalism (LA, AS) - New Books Network

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Ajantha Subramanian and I had a good conversation w/ Peter Beinart about his new book Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. Listen on Recall This Book/ New Books Network podcast: newbooksnetwork.com/being-jewish.... The 1st of 3 episodes on long distance ethno-nationalism.

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Violent Majorities 2.1: Peter Beinart on Long-Distance Israeli Ethnonationalism (LA, AS) - New Books Network

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Why don't we get the personal stories of every one of the thousands of Palestinians who Israel has held hostage? Why don't we hear every one of their tales of horror and fear and torture and celebrate their lives and care about their families' pain and horror and fear?

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

In a very interesting interview with @SayighYezid, Anne-Marie McManus discusses Syria’s prison system and its importance in the country’s transition. carnegieendowment.org/middle-east/...

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The Assads’ Houses of Death

In an interview, Anne-Marie McManus discusses Syria’s prison system and its importance in the country’s transition.

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Famine - another of Israel's disgusting tools of genocide. "the territory’s proportion of people experiencing an extreme lack of food is the highest [that IPC, a famine monitoring body] has seen anywhere in the world." www.reuters.com/investigates...

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As Gaza suffers, hunger watchdog avoids using the F word: famine

Many say Gaza is in famine. But the war makes it hard for the world hunger monitor to conclude if Gaza meets the criteria. Is it time to change the definition?

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Lori Allen @loriall.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge—even wisdom. Like art." -Toni Morrison, www.thenation.com/article/arch...

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No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

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