Anders Härdig

Director, Global Scholars Program, Senior Professorial Lecturer, SIS, AU. Interested in social movements and discourse.

[Anders Härdig @ACHardig]

Drawing on my work on social movements and identity, I wrote about Ukraine’s sudden inclusion in “civilized Europe.” The emotional response across “the West” is not innate, but the result of Ukraine’s identity realignment. @AU_SIS @research_sis @SIS_CRS https://t.co/zRhOZw5Y07

[Anders Härdig @ACHardig]

Beirut is one of my favorite cities in the world. Growing up in Europe in the 80s, I had a vague notion of a war zone, void of normal life. That’s how discourse shapes our perception of places and people. Living there in the 2000s I learned of its beauty and vibrant people.💔

[Stephen Zunes @SZunes]

Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)--whom the party leadership has named as the top Democrat on the Subcommittee on International Terrorism--is insisting that a nonviolent protest by antiwar Jews at the Democratic Party headquarters in Washington was actually "violent" and "pro-terrorist."

[Anders Härdig @ACHardig]

General reminder that civil disobedience is *not* violence. Seems people have trouble grasping the distinction.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

THREAD. Something must be said about today’s irresponsible New York Times article about antisemitism. I can’t believe it was published.

[Marwan @marwanbishara]

BREAKING: 500 Jewish New Yorkers take over Statue of Liberty demanding a ceasefire

[Ryan Ken @Ryan_Ken_Acts]

This is the MLK I swear y’all are talking about

[Hassan I. Hassan @hxhassan]

Absolutely superb essay today:

Palestinian scholar Dana El Kurd learned about the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin.

For @newlinesmag, she reflects on absorbing atrocities across multiple decades & on worlds overturned. https://t.co/5TFHtjP3OF

[Gilbert Doumit @GilbertDoumit]

1/6 This passport belonged to my grandfather, Antoine Moubarak, and was issued by the French Consulate in Haifa (Caiffa) #Palestine, back in 1925. The document's back page records his crossing from Palestine into Lebanon through the Ras El Nakoura border control on June 13, 1926,

[Yousef Munayyer @YousefMunayyer]

Worth pointing out here that Israeli media is not disputing the death toll in Gaza, they are merely justifying the killing of thousands of innocent men, women and children by calling them all "terrorists"

[Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @RepPressley]

Israeli govt is now carrying out its deadliest bombing of Gaza. Internet & electricity has been cut & millions continue to lack access to food & water.

The US must demand a #CeasefireNOW to save lives, facilitate the release of hostages & ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid.

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

You don't have to agree, but just to understand: many Muslim, Arab & young Dem voters realize Trump is the far worse option. They aren't dumb. Many feel dehumanized & insulted by Biden's recent callous comments about Palestinian civilians & support for Israel's attack on Gaza 1/

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Hundreds of primarily Jewish protesters are currently in the Capitol’s Cannon building staging a sit-in protest, calling on Biden and Congress to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.

They’re slowly being arrested.

[Jack Jenkins @jackmjenkins]

Protest at White House of primarily Jewish demonstrators from If Not Now and Jewish Voice for Peace calling for ceasefire along the border between Israel & Gaza.

One rabbi: “The answer to all of this unfathomable grief cannot be mass murder. … Our grief is not a weapon.”

[Middle East Democracy Center @MideastDC]

POMED Calls for Immediate End to Siege on Gaza, Respect for International Law

The Biden admin & Congress should call for restraint & the immediate cessation of hostilities—& unequivocally demand that all parties adhere to international law.
Our statement:
https://t.co/toxdayzFgD

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

Heartbreaking how many previously sane people on this wretched website are cheering on a genocide, by either side. This is not a damn football match. These are people, most of whom were never asked if they wanted this.

[Firas Maksad @FirasMaksad]

Trying to decipher the Hezbollah - #Israel fire fight today? Let me help you.

Hezbollah first struck an Israeli post in the Shebaa Farms, disputed #Syria #Lebanon territory occupied by Israel, not Israel proper. The intended message is deterrence: We are here & might escalate if you commence full ground invasion of Gaza.

[Bayt Al Fann @BaytAlFann]

Drinking coffee as a beverage is said to have originated in Yemen in the 15th century in Sufi Shrines. It was there that coffee berries were first roasted & brewed in a way similar to how the drink is prepared today

For #InternationalCoffeeDay a thread on coffee & Muslim culture

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A community choir in Gaza has given these children a chance to experience the joy of music amid struggles of life under Israel’s blockade 🎤 👇