This study analyzes two cultures that are in conflict on several aspects: The East and West. Religious, social, cultural differences among these clashes. Yet, the is not a natural innate one. On contrary, it result of imagined borders, prejudices, political economical rivalries between societies. Maryam Jameelah, formerly Zionist Jew, then accepting Islam, an insider to both civilisations. In h...

This essay examines the study of Jewish history in Israel at the juncture of two currents: the ongoing expansion of an international community of Jewish studies scholars and the waning interest in the field in Israel itself. Mindful of the latter trend, it is easy to adopt a declensionist narrative, according to which the “Jerusalem School,” with its monolithic and Palestinocentric view of the ...

In Fi al-adab al-sahyuni (On Zionist Literature, 1967)Footnote1, the Palestinian writer and Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) spokesperson Ghassan Kanafani provides an analysis literary production from early nineteenth century through mid-twentieth century, situating it in a broader schema Western imperialism, settler colonialism, dispossession Palestine. Through treatment texts,...

Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalisher (1795–1874), best known for his proto-national thinking and advocacy of settlement in the Land Israel third quarter 19th century, was crowned a preeminent ”Precursor Zionism”. However, halakhic teachings, which have never been properly researched, represent fount perspectives that help refine our understanding ideological activist program. This article focuses on Mozna...

Dmytro Bahaliy is an important figure for Kharkiv regional memory. Being a prolific historian and active publicfigure, he devoted most of his works to local history, that Slobid Ukraine region. Having found himself at KharkivUniversity, accidentally some extent, became the part community until end life. He was activein public life, same time, distant from radical positions. His moderate views c...

occupy wall street was a flag which went to the hands of the american protestors. this flag reflected the simulation of occupy wall street to the occupation of palestine and the main reference of the protest was aimed at zionism. the deep roots of this occupation dates back to the occupation of the american natives’ territories and in fact the same american monopoly in the path of american hist...

the us, not only failed to predict the occurrence of the middle east revolutions but also failed to understand the depth and the probability of its spread to other countries. while washington was engaged in tactical initiatives in confronting the islamic awakening, the islamic republic of iran took the creativity of a strategic game in hand. this was a three-step profile raised by the supreme l...