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Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn Profile picture
Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn
@SaraHirschhorn1
Historian of Israel & Jews; Visiting Prof @UofHaifa; Fellow @JewishPolicy; @SamiRohrPrize Author, City on a Hilltop (Harvard U. Press); Writing Book #2; Pundit.
Nov 6 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
Since folks are blaming the Jews (natch), a🧵-
Reminder: most Americans can't find Jerusalem or Gaza on a map.
There's no evidence that Israel/Palestine even cracked the top 5 voter priorities for many Americans, even in swing states, but it was important in less obvious ways (1) You don't have to have Middle East geography to see what's happening on USA streets and universities - and the average American still doesn't like seeing the USA flag burned, terror symbols waved, violence, and vandalism here at home (2)
Jul 12 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
A short thread fact-checking Biden's "throw Israel under the bus" speech 🧵: 1. ✅️Biden starts off with that nice little blood libel of Israel starving the Palestinians (this has been thoroughly debunked) of course without mentioning HAMAS stealing aid or shoddy organization of UN and other distributors
Mar 23 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
So @Ibishblog (who I have come to know as a real dialogue partner, which is a so rare these days!) has laid down the gauntlet on the @TheEconomist "Israel is Alone" supposition and I guess I felt it merited a thread to explain myself 🧵: 1.Where to start? With the pecularities of the Jewish people, a "people apart," a "chosen people," a people of God over idolatry? The theological roots of this are deep (and isn't even my area of expertise!) - there are many commandments of how Jews are distinct and alone...
Jan 12, 2021 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
THREAD: I've said it before & I'll say it again:
We do a massive disservice to the unique historical experiences of both black South Africans & Palestinians to make this solipsistic comparison and use "apartheid" as a blanket term -
Words matter. (1)

theguardian.com/world/2021/jan… I've spent some time in South Africa - the origins of the colony are different, the rule of only 10% of population (white) over the rest totalitarian, the terrible history of black South Africans in the 20th century well-known. But...(2)
Jan 28, 2020 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
#1: This isn't an #Israeli-#Palestinian #peace plan, it's a U.S.-Israel conflict management/unilateral annexation plan. At moment, there is ZERO buy-in from Palestinians (who are unifying around the anti-plan pole) or regional partners (apart from an Egyptian "read carefully") #2:Settlements - Actually this is Oslo+++. 97% of settlers in 4 blocs absorbed with some ambiguous by-pass road. 3% of settlers (including some of most radical 15 settlements) surrounded by Palestinian enclaves. Settler movement won't allow. How much Area C leftover, no idea.
Nov 18, 2019 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Just tuned into the latest news: As an expert on #Israeli #settlements I have so much to say about this right now🤯 - here's a thread - but in brief - surreal and @SecPompeo may have the blood of a 3rd intifada on his hands (#1) @SecPompeo Important to note that Benny Gantz immediately endorsed -- if anyone was still harboring any illusions that he was the "great white hope" of the peace process, I suggest you abandon them now (#2)