Author:Robert Jennings
I'm an independent scholar with an MA in anthropology and experience working as an archaeologist in the Middle East. While I'm ethnically Jewish and was always somewhat interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a result of both my family background and my academic pursuits, the conflict became a passion of mine when the explosion of BDS activism on campus started to directly and negatively impact my ability to do my work. I have since changed my career trajectory, but my desire to end the conflict and pursue peace for both peoples remains. (In addition to clicking below, check out this Web address: https://thirdnarrative.org/bds-does-not-equal-peace-articles/what-israels-nightmare-trajectory-may-mean-on-campus/.)
These “leftists” need to heed Lenin who said:
It is particularly important to bear in mind: The need for a struggle against the clergy and other influential reactionary and medieval elements in backward countries; … the need to combat Pan-Islamism and similar trends, which strive to combine the liberation movement against European and American imperialism with an attempt to strengthen the positions of the khans, landowners, mullahs, etc.