Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
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- Author：Maya Wind
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Summary
How Israeli universities collaborate in Israeli state violence against Palestinians
Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy。 Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sources accessible to the international community， Maya Wind shatters this myth and documents how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights。
As this book shows， Israeli universities serve as pillars of Israel's system of oppression against
Palestinians。 Academic disciplines， degree programs， campus infrastructure， and research laboratories all service Israeli occupation and apartheid， while universities violate the rights of Palestinians to education， stifle critical scholarship， and violently repress student dissent。 Towers of Ivory and Steel is a powerful expose of Israeli academia’s ongoing and active complicity in Israel’s settler-colonial project。
Israeli universities have long enjoyed a reputation as liberal bastions of freedom and democracy。 Drawing on extensive research and making Hebrew sources accessible to the international community， Maya Wind shatters this myth and documents how Israeli universities are directly complicit in the violation of Palestinian rights。
As this book shows， Israeli universities serve as pillars of Israel's system of oppression against
Palestinians。 Academic disciplines， degree programs， campus infrastructure， and research laboratories all service Israeli occupation and apartheid， while universities violate the rights of Palestinians to education， stifle critical scholarship， and violently repress student dissent。 Towers of Ivory and Steel is a powerful expose of Israeli academia’s ongoing and active complicity in Israel’s settler-colonial project。
Reviews
Gabriel Morgan
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This looks important。 We are living in times which ， although cruel and dangerous， are also very expository。 From day to day， a fourth Reich is aggregating， led by the mighty senility of the United States。 A crucial cog， one might even say the unmasked face of this hideous project， is Israel， a candidly fascist and bestial ethno-state， one of the most obscene apparitions in all of human history。 As we resist this tide of filth of which Israel is so representative， we need to observe， in real tim This looks important。 We are living in times which ， although cruel and dangerous， are also very expository。 From day to day， a fourth Reich is aggregating， led by the mighty senility of the United States。 A crucial cog， one might even say the unmasked face of this hideous project， is Israel， a candidly fascist and bestial ethno-state， one of the most obscene apparitions in all of human history。 As we resist this tide of filth of which Israel is so representative， we need to observe， in real time all its machinations and gearings， which is beyond the capacity of one scholar。 It appears that Maya Wind has focussed in on one aspect of the Israeli cesspool。 。。。more
Marcy
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This is such a critical resource for people in the BDS movement， but also anyone who wants to understand the machinations of the Zionist state。 Anyone who has ever encountered resistance to the academic boycott of Israel， arguing that it somehow is limiting free speech of "progressive" Israeli faculty should read this book。 The only thing I can say that is possible fault of the book is that it doesn't really do the kind of forensic research that I was hoping it would do， at least not according t This is such a critical resource for people in the BDS movement， but also anyone who wants to understand the machinations of the Zionist state。 Anyone who has ever encountered resistance to the academic boycott of Israel， arguing that it somehow is limiting free speech of "progressive" Israeli faculty should read this book。 The only thing I can say that is possible fault of the book is that it doesn't really do the kind of forensic research that I was hoping it would do， at least not according to the endnotes of the book。 Nevertheless it's a smart， terrific read。 。。。more
Zach
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This is a valuable study of Israeli universities’ active role in colonial dispossession and imperial violence， a methodical and comprehensive account of the historical and ongoing role played by administrators， faculty， students， and the institutions that claim them in racialized violence and systematic dispossession。 Completed prior to the current genocidal project in Gaza， this text is all the more important in light of the bombing of every single Palestinian higher education institution there This is a valuable study of Israeli universities’ active role in colonial dispossession and imperial violence， a methodical and comprehensive account of the historical and ongoing role played by administrators， faculty， students， and the institutions that claim them in racialized violence and systematic dispossession。 Completed prior to the current genocidal project in Gaza， this text is all the more important in light of the bombing of every single Palestinian higher education institution there。 。。。more
funsizedshark
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Maya Wind paints an extremely clear picture of the involvement of Israeli universities in Palestinian oppression， through both silent complicity and active endeavors that go from educating the next generation of IOF soldiers and developing military technology that will be violently used against Palestinians to repressing Palestinian academic voices and dissent。 The extent of the occupation is painted across the halls of these universities， and Wind doesn't fail to remind us that her research was Maya Wind paints an extremely clear picture of the involvement of Israeli universities in Palestinian oppression， through both silent complicity and active endeavors that go from educating the next generation of IOF soldiers and developing military technology that will be violently used against Palestinians to repressing Palestinian academic voices and dissent。 The extent of the occupation is painted across the halls of these universities， and Wind doesn't fail to remind us that her research was both aided by her status as a white Israeli scholar and built on the contributions that Palestinian activists have made toward the liberation of their land。Incredible work， needed now more than ever as more and more organizations call for an academic boycott of Israel universities from faculties all over the world。“No one can speak up all the time on all the issues。 But， I believe， there is a special duty to address the constituted and authorized powers of one’s own society， which are accountable to its citizenry， particularly when those powers are exercised in a manifestly disproportionate and immoral war， or in a deliberate program of discrimination， repression， and collective cruelty。” —Edward Said 。。。more
The New Arab
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Drawing on Hebrew sources， Maya Wind shatters the myth of liberal expression in Israeli universities， revealing instead how they prop up apartheid。
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