Historians for Peace
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “In Harvard Yard” By Walter Johnson, New York Review of Books, posted May 8 A complex account of the dynamics of the pro-Palestinian encampment that began April 24 at Harvard University and the administration’s response to it. The author teaches African and African American Studies at Harvard. “Why I’m Not Calling the Police…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Israeli Massacres Continue in Gaza as Returnees to North Are Targeted and Refugee Camp Is Bombed” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted April 15 A reminder of the ongoing collective punishment in Gaza amid media focus on Israel-Iran tensions. The author teaches Middle East history at the University of…
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Note: Carolyn “Rusti” Eisenberg, author of one of the articles in the following list and a longtime Steering Committee member of H-PAD and its predecessor, Historians Against the War, has been announced as a winner of the prestigious Bancroft Prize awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians. The award is for her book Fire…
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Legislative Alert: Preserve UNRWA Funding ! Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the Biden Administration has cut off funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA,) the primary organization carrying out relief inside Gaza. Representatives Raskin, Carson and Jayapal are circulating a Congressional letter calling for the preservation of that funding. Listed below…
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Legislative Alert: Preserve UNRWA Funding ! Despite the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the Biden Administration has cut off funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency ( UNRWA,) the primary organization carrying out relief inside Gaza. Representatives Raskin, Carson and Jayapal are circulating a Congressional letter calling for the preservation of that funding. Listed…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Top 3 Things Biden Could Do Instead of Intensively Bombing Iraq and Syria” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment, posted February 3 A short piece arguing the futility of US air strikes in Iraq and Syria and advocating the withdrawal of US troops from both countries and a cessation to…
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In the next day or two, the House of Representatives will be voting on a bill which gives $17.6 billion in additional military aid to Israel. Granting Israel another huge gift of money for weapons at a time when its military is massacring Palestinian civilians is beyond horrific. Dissenting voices are urgently needed. Please call your Congressional…
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HPAD members & supporters, This letter to President Biden urges immediate action on Gaza, and we hope all of our supporters with an academic affiliation (e.g. an “.edu” email) will sign and forward to colleagues. It closes February 7–no time to lose! Margaret Power and Van Gosse, H-PAD Co-Chairs
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TIME SENSITIVE : CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY! Senator Bernie Sanders has called the Israeli bombardment of Gaza a “mass atrocity . . . being done with bombs and equipment produced and provided by the United States and heavily subsidized by American taxpayers.” The Senator recently introduced S. Res. 504 mandating the Biden Administration to provide information “on Israel’s…
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Dear friends of H-PAD, This is a preliminary report. On Saturday evening, January 6, the Business Meeting at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association voted unanimously in favor of our resolution. We had agreed to support two amendments proposed by AHA’s Council, and there was an additional one from the floor which amended…