It is now impossible, says historian Rashid Khalidi, to teach about Israel, Palestine and the ongoing genocide in elite American education institutions.
The burlesque in a committee room of the New Jersey state house over a law conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism was another depressing reminder of our path towards an authoritarian state.
Project Esther is more than just a desperate attempt to salvage a crumbling Zionist narrative — it is part of a broader authoritarian shift in U.S. politics, says Tariq Kenney-Shawa.