Author: TheConversation

By Dov Waxman, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Professor of Israel Studies, University of California, Los Angeles In the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel on October 7, and the Israeli military response, Jewish people in Israel and around the world have, at times, been posting on social media or otherwise saying publicly that people who criticize Israel’s response are, or might be, antisemitic. Dov Waxman, director of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, explains why many Jews might feel that way. Why do some people appear to equate...

By Topher L. McDougal, Professor of Economic Development & Peacebuilding, University of San Diego The 2.2 million people who live in Gaza are facing economic isolation and experiencing incessant bombardment. Their supplies of essential resources, including food and water, are quickly dwindling. In response, U.S. President Joe Biden has pledged US$100 million in humanitarian assistance for the citizens of Gaza. As a scholar of peace and conflict economics who served as a World Bank consultant during the 2014 war between Hamas and Israel, I believe that Biden’s promise raises fundamental questions regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid in a...

By Torivio Fodder, Indigenous Governance Program Manager and Professor of Practice, University of Arizona Director Martin Scorsese’s new movie, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” tells the true story of a string of murders on the Osage Nation’s land in Oklahoma in the 1920s. Based on David Grann’s meticulously researched 2017 book, the movie delves into racial and family dynamics that rocked Oklahoma to the core when oil was discovered on Osage lands. White settlers targeted members of the Osage Nation to steal their land and the riches beneath it. But from a historical perspective, this crime is just the...