Peter Reitzes
ARTICLES BY: Peter Reitzes
Why Did a North Carolina County Fund Linda Sarsour’s Hate Speech?
Palestinian-American and Women’s March leader Linda Sarsour was the keynote speaker on March 31 in Hillsborough, North Carolina in honor of “Women’s History Month.” Sponsored...
Taking Public E-Mails Private: How Durham City Council Promotes Anti-Israel Discrimination by Avoiding Transparency
In May, the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill and the Voice for Israel advocacy group denounced the City Council of Durham, North Carolina for “imposing...
How Boycotting Israel Promotes Violence
Many proponents of the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel unconvincingly state that BDS is nonviolent. Indeed, the BDS movement website boasts that BDS is...
In 2018, Duke University Press Doubles Down on Anti-Israel Bias
I have recently written a series of articles documenting anti-Israel bias, antisemitism and misleading “scholarship” at Duke University Press (DUP). At the end of 2017,...
Duke University and the Problem of Antisemitism
Recently, I expressed deep concern in The Algemeiner about Duke University Press (DUP)’s publication of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability by Jasbir Puar....
Why Did Duke University Press Publish Jasbir Puar’s Fraudulent Anti-Israel Book?
In November, Duke University Press (DUP) published The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability, by Jasbir Puar. In the book, Puar makes the grotesque claims, “Israel...
Bedeviled by Anti-Israel Boycotters at Duke
I recently met a couple who told me that their Jewish daughter attends Duke University, which they believe to be a great school for Jewish...
The Campus Assault on Free Speech
Like many Americans, I am appalled by recent attacks on free speech at universities. For instance, in February, a scheduled speech by Milo Yiannopoulos was met with...
Don’t Stand in Solidarity With Hate
Throughout the past election season and the beginning of the Trump presidency, I have heard a lot of concerns about alt-right hate and antisemitism. Just this past week,...
Scrambling to Limit Damage, Trump Tells Turkey to Stop Its Syria Invasion
Iran’s Economy to Shrink 9.5 Percent This Year Amid Tighter US Sanctions, Says IMF
Turkish Assault in Syria Weakens Iraq Kurds, Strengthens Regional Powers