The Flimsy Legal Case That Jews Don’t Belong in the West Bank
A law jurists have only applied to Israel.
August 14, 2023
The Right to Maim comes to Princeton.
A professor at Rutgers University, Jasbir Puar wrote a book titled The Right to Maim that levels accusations against Israel so outlandish that they strain credulity—and lack any evidence to sustain them. Yet the book was published by Duke University’s prestigious press, received an award from the National Women’s Studies Association, and is now on the syllabus of a course at Princeton University. Cary Nelson writes:
A law jurists have only applied to Israel.
The Right to Maim comes to Princeton.
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The historian behind the movie Defiance.
A professor at Rutgers University, Jasbir Puar wrote a book titled The Right to Maim that levels accusations against Israel so outlandish that they strain credulity—and lack any evidence to sustain them. Yet the book was published by Duke University’s prestigious press, received an award from the National Women’s Studies Association, and is now on the syllabus of a course at Princeton University. Cary Nelson writes:
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