Louis Fishman لوي فيشمان לואי פישמן
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Associate Prof Brooklyn College; Jews and Palestinians in the late Ottoman era: Turkish, Israeli/Palestinian affairs; working on a book focusing on a post-Oct 7 historical narrative of Palestine/Israel. Haaretz and more; Website: https://louisfishman.com/
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For those here who didn't know me on Twitter, here is the cover of my book on Ottoman Palestine, have a look at it if you are interested in what Jews and Palestinains were thinking and writing about in the years before WWI. Hopefully a new book cover will replace this with time (in the making now).
Rashid Khalidi'yi İstanbul'da görmek ve son kitabının çevrilmiş olması güzel. Ayrıca Osman Kavala'yı hatırlattığını görmek de güzel. İşte kendisiyle bir röportaj. t24.com.tr/yazarlar/can...
Filistin asıllı Amerikalı tarihçi Rashid Khalidi: ABD Kongresi’nin Türkiye’yi ilgilendiren konularda İsrail’in istediğini yapacağını düşünüyorum
“‘Osman Kavala kitabının Türkçe çevirisinin editörlüğünü yapmak' dediklerinde inanamadım, harika bir iş çıkardı, böyle birinin benim kitabıma böyle bir katkı vermesi bir onur”
t24.com.tr
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Rashid Khalidi'yi İstanbul'da görmek ve son kitabının çevrilmiş olması güzel. Ayrıca Osman Kavala'yı hatırlattığını görmek de güzel. İşte kendisiyle bir röportaj. t24.com.tr/yazarlar/can...
Tonight, we had a Harvey Milk Hope Speech moment, as Mamdani delivered exactly that: one of hope, looking towards the future. Together, we really are better.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Tonight, we had a Harvey Milk Hope Speech moment, as Mamdani delivered exactly that: one of hope, looking towards the future. Together, we really are better.
Mamdani to Trump: I have four words for you. Turn the volume up!
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani to Trump: I have four words for you. Turn the volume up!
Mamdani is great for public education, a huge shout out to PSC CUNY for showing our union early on saw how important his win will be for us, for CUNY schools, and the city! Congrats to all!
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Mamdani is great for public education, a huge shout out to PSC CUNY for showing our union early on saw how important his win will be for us, for CUNY schools, and the city! Congrats to all!
Rightly, many are discussing Zohran Mamdani's ability to win a race despite his clear pro-Palestine agenda. However, his outreach to the Jewish community and his ability to recognize the pain of Israelis attacked on October 7 provided him with a unique balancing act that few could do.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Rightly, many are discussing Zohran Mamdani's ability to win a race despite his clear pro-Palestine agenda. However, his outreach to the Jewish community and his ability to recognize the pain of Israelis attacked on October 7 provided him with a unique balancing act that few could do.
Congrats Zohran! You ran an amazing campaign; you walked the streets, talked to the people, and led outreach to those who expressed worries over some of your ideas. It's been years since a candidate built trust like you did. Let's make this work together!
November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Congrats Zohran! You ran an amazing campaign; you walked the streets, talked to the people, and led outreach to those who expressed worries over some of your ideas. It's been years since a candidate built trust like you did. Let's make this work together!
After 2 very long years, a ceasefire is here. And, me, I will continue to write a narrative of how Israelis and Palestinians reached these terrible days. For now a small sigh of relief that we can proceed forward, Israelis and Palestinians, with my sadness over all those who lost family and friends.
October 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
After 2 very long years, a ceasefire is here. And, me, I will continue to write a narrative of how Israelis and Palestinians reached these terrible days. For now a small sigh of relief that we can proceed forward, Israelis and Palestinians, with my sadness over all those who lost family and friends.
Huge news. I am so happy that Elizabeth Tsurkov is free at last!
September 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Huge news. I am so happy that Elizabeth Tsurkov is free at last!
Most news agencies are wrongly reporting that Turkey severed economic ties with Israel today. Turkey's FM in parliament spoke of things already done; cutting economic ties, blocking Israeli ships at its harbors...perhaps the only thing new: it is closing its airspace to Israeli planes.
August 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Most news agencies are wrongly reporting that Turkey severed economic ties with Israel today. Turkey's FM in parliament spoke of things already done; cutting economic ties, blocking Israeli ships at its harbors...perhaps the only thing new: it is closing its airspace to Israeli planes.
The absolute worst case scenario.
BREAKING: Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City in an escalation of war.
Israel announces plan to retake Gaza City in another escalation of the war
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City.
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August 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The absolute worst case scenario.
It is a sad day when Rashid Khalidi cancels his class due to the simple fact that he can no longer teach it at Columbia under the current conditions. For me, this is a bitter moment; he trained and taught me as a historian, my mentor. Read below and see the link in the next post. #Palestine #Israel
August 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It is a sad day when Rashid Khalidi cancels his class due to the simple fact that he can no longer teach it at Columbia under the current conditions. For me, this is a bitter moment; he trained and taught me as a historian, my mentor. Read below and see the link in the next post. #Palestine #Israel
A fun distraction from my work, scanning newspapers from the 1920s:
A British paper reported a girl started to chant Hebrew-a language she didn't know, when she fell into a state of "delirium." Turns out she was a servant for a Rabbi and had heard his sermons. Sounds like she was a great student!
A British paper reported a girl started to chant Hebrew-a language she didn't know, when she fell into a state of "delirium." Turns out she was a servant for a Rabbi and had heard his sermons. Sounds like she was a great student!
July 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A fun distraction from my work, scanning newspapers from the 1920s:
A British paper reported a girl started to chant Hebrew-a language she didn't know, when she fell into a state of "delirium." Turns out she was a servant for a Rabbi and had heard his sermons. Sounds like she was a great student!
A British paper reported a girl started to chant Hebrew-a language she didn't know, when she fell into a state of "delirium." Turns out she was a servant for a Rabbi and had heard his sermons. Sounds like she was a great student!
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The Integration Trap: Erasing Kurdish Autonomy In Syria's Reconstruction #MEMRI www.memri.org/reports/inte...
The Integration Trap: Erasing Kurdish Autonomy In Syria's Reconstruction
As Syria enters a new chapter of political transition, Kurdish leaders are sounding the alarm: current negotiations with Damascus may mask a deeper threat – one not of reconciliation, but of erasure. ...
www.memri.org
July 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The Integration Trap: Erasing Kurdish Autonomy In Syria's Reconstruction #MEMRI www.memri.org/reports/inte...
The avalanche of terrible news keeps flowing in. This cannot go unnoticed, this represents the everyday life of Palestinians in the West Bank: settlers rampage and pillage as the Israeli government not only turns its face, its own ministers encourage it. Pogroms and murder with absolute impunity.
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The avalanche of terrible news keeps flowing in. This cannot go unnoticed, this represents the everyday life of Palestinians in the West Bank: settlers rampage and pillage as the Israeli government not only turns its face, its own ministers encourage it. Pogroms and murder with absolute impunity.
During the 12-day war between Israel/Iran some media outlets claimed Israel was working to expand its borders from the Nile to the Euphrates, calling it "Greater Israel." With this in mind, I wrote the following piece for Al Majalla, placing it in a historical context. en.majalla.com/node/326639/...
Those who see plans for a ‘Greater Israel’ are not the first to do so
For more than a century, Jews have been accused of plotting dominion over the Middle East. Recent Israeli military success has simply restored and restoked an age-old canard.
en.majalla.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
During the 12-day war between Israel/Iran some media outlets claimed Israel was working to expand its borders from the Nile to the Euphrates, calling it "Greater Israel." With this in mind, I wrote the following piece for Al Majalla, placing it in a historical context. en.majalla.com/node/326639/...
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There’s also something like 300-400k South Asians in New York City
"obscure south asian channel" is fuckin hilarious he did an interview with News18 which hits about 180 million people a week they get more eyeballs in a night than the NYT gets in a year
The strategy is striking. Zohran has been doing interviews w/ South Asian television, Pakistani news channel, Punjabi TV, Bangla newspaper, and more.
“We are going to heavily feature him in these places throughout the fall,” a Zohran adviser tells me. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
“We are going to heavily feature him in these places throughout the fall,” a Zohran adviser tells me. 6/
newrepublic.com/article/1984...
July 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
There’s also something like 300-400k South Asians in New York City
"Israel is committing genocide."
Israel's main human rights organization, B’Tselem, releases its most damning report ever: We never thought we'd write this report, but we also never believed this would be our reality. www.btselem.org/publications...
Israel's main human rights organization, B’Tselem, releases its most damning report ever: We never thought we'd write this report, but we also never believed this would be our reality. www.btselem.org/publications...
July 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Israel is committing genocide."
Israel's main human rights organization, B’Tselem, releases its most damning report ever: We never thought we'd write this report, but we also never believed this would be our reality. www.btselem.org/publications...
Israel's main human rights organization, B’Tselem, releases its most damning report ever: We never thought we'd write this report, but we also never believed this would be our reality. www.btselem.org/publications...
In my latest for Al Majalla, I provide a historical review of the term "Greater Israel," tracing its origins and antisemitic conspiracy theories from late Ottoman times to the present day. On that note, it's my pleasure to be writing for Al Majalla for the first time! en.majalla.com/node/326639/...
Those who see plans for a ‘Greater Israel’ are not the first to do so
For more than a century, Jews have been accused of plotting dominion over the Middle East. Recent Israeli military success has simply restored and restoked an age-old canard.
en.majalla.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
In my latest for Al Majalla, I provide a historical review of the term "Greater Israel," tracing its origins and antisemitic conspiracy theories from late Ottoman times to the present day. On that note, it's my pleasure to be writing for Al Majalla for the first time! en.majalla.com/node/326639/...
Breaking: Canada is in line to recognize Palestine, within a two-state solution, alongside Israel.
Come on, Europe, keep the recognitions rolling in.
Who will be next?
Come on, Europe, keep the recognitions rolling in.
Who will be next?
July 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Breaking: Canada is in line to recognize Palestine, within a two-state solution, alongside Israel.
Come on, Europe, keep the recognitions rolling in.
Who will be next?
Come on, Europe, keep the recognitions rolling in.
Who will be next?
Such a shame. The French gov's recognition comes within the context of a well-worded statement that recognizes a two-state solution. It in no way emboldens extremists, but undermines extremists on both sides.
July 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Such a shame. The French gov's recognition comes within the context of a well-worded statement that recognizes a two-state solution. It in no way emboldens extremists, but undermines extremists on both sides.
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Along the same lines, the release of Abdullah Ocalan in this process is more likely than the release of Selahattin Demirtas because the former legitimizes the authoritarian status-quo while the latter challenges it.
Ankara‘s release of an imprisoned PKK fighter is consistent with its repeated emphasis that the process is to end „terror“ (read: armed conflict btw the Turkish state and the PKK): no more, no less.
July 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Along the same lines, the release of Abdullah Ocalan in this process is more likely than the release of Selahattin Demirtas because the former legitimizes the authoritarian status-quo while the latter challenges it.
Sad to hear about the passing of Ziad Rahbani. A revolutionary not just in his music's words but his whole style. This really came out in the music he did with his mother, the legendary Fairuz. This album was part of my own university years, when we dreamed of another world.
July 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sad to hear about the passing of Ziad Rahbani. A revolutionary not just in his music's words but his whole style. This really came out in the music he did with his mother, the legendary Fairuz. This album was part of my own university years, when we dreamed of another world.
One of my favorite singers. Ziad, you were a legend. Revolutionary music both in words and style.
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer and son of iconic singer Fayrouz, dies at 69
apnews.com/article/fayr...
apnews.com/article/fayr...
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer and son of iconic singer Fayrouz, dies at 69
Ziad Rahbani, the Lebanese composer and playwright, has died at 69, according to the National News Agency.
apnews.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of my favorite singers. Ziad, you were a legend. Revolutionary music both in words and style.
Breaking: France to recognize Palestine. One can only hope that Israel will be forced into recognizing there are 2 peoples on the land, and the time for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel is the option at hand. Good for France for taking this important step. apnews.com/article/fran...
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that France will recognize Palestine as a state, amid snowballing global anger over people starving in Gaza.
apnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: France to recognize Palestine. One can only hope that Israel will be forced into recognizing there are 2 peoples on the land, and the time for an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel is the option at hand. Good for France for taking this important step. apnews.com/article/fran...
One of Israel's most staunch liberal Zionists, Fania Oz-Salzberger, daughter of the renowned author Amos Oz, pleads with Israeli soldiers not to serve in Gaza, reaching out to their families as well. She cites war crimes, mass starvation, and the betraying of the hostage families by the government.
July 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
One of Israel's most staunch liberal Zionists, Fania Oz-Salzberger, daughter of the renowned author Amos Oz, pleads with Israeli soldiers not to serve in Gaza, reaching out to their families as well. She cites war crimes, mass starvation, and the betraying of the hostage families by the government.