When genocide is reduced to a war of emotions
Personal reflections on academic debates and the war in Palestine
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By Dr. Dina Zbeidy, 24 January 2024
Recently, universities and other institutions in the Netherlands have put a lot of focus on emotions of people in Europe when discussing the ongoing war on the Palestinians in Gaza. In this blog, Lecturer and Researcher Dina Zbeidy points out that while it is important to create space for emotions, this focus has the danger of shifting attention away from the actual atrocities happening on the ground, the topic these institutions should mainly talk about.
Read the full article on ISS’s blog page.