‘Americans have no romance left for Israel’

TEHRAN- Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who spent time with Israelis in the occupied territories during his career, believes the romanticized and heroic image Americans once held of Israel is permanently tarnished. He argues that Israel's numerous transgressions have stripped it of its perceived moral high ground and that Americans have gradually come to this realization over the past year.

‘Younger American generations gazing deeper into Palestinian issue’

TEHRAN- Samir Abu-Rumman, a visiting researcher scholar at Princeton University, has dedicated years to studying American public opinion on the Israeli-Arab conflict. His 2013 book, "Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Opinion Polls," concluded that Americans were remarkably pro-Israel. However, Abu-Rumman believes that sentiment is shifting in 2024. 

‘Empathy, not hate, fuels pro-Palestine demonstrations’

TEHRAN- In his interview with the Tehran Times, Robert L. Reece, an Austin-based sociologist and researcher, discusses the growing pro-Palestine demonstrations on U.S. university campuses, responding to allegations that these protests are rooted in antisemitism. 

‘World now sees Israel as a society of monsters’

TEHRAN- Norman Finkelstein, an American political scientist and activist born to Jewish survivors of the Second World War, has dedicated his career to analyzing the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

‘Horrifying pictures out of Gaza sparked student protests’

TEHRAN- Michael Mann, Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at UCLA and renowned author of The Sources of Social Power, believes what primarily provoked the student pro-Palestine demonstrations across U.S. universities are the horrifying pictures of Gaza devastation that “have the chilling statistics of death.”

American students: part of a global anti-colonial movement

TEHRAN- Recent student protests at universities across the United States have ignited a contentious debate over the motivations behind the demonstrations and the allegations of antisemitism. 

‘Free speech cannot be silenced because authorities disagree’ 

TEHRAN- In an interview with the Tehran Times, Christina Jump, lead attorney for the Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), shared her insights on the challenges faced by Muslim, Palestinian, and pro-Palestinian students across American universities amid rising tensions following the Israel-Gaza conflict. 

‘Student activists facing more repression compared to previous generations’

TEHRAN- American students protesting for divestment from Israel are facing greater levels of violence and disciplinary action compared to their peers who engaged in similar activism in past decades, according to UCLA Professor of Urban Planning and Sociology Chris Tilly. 

By Ali Hamedin

Children's literature: a shield of imagination against Israeli propaganda

TEHRAN- As an ancient land rich in culture and the home of Abrahamic religions, Palestine has deep roots in history; roots that the usurper Zionist regime is trying to deny and erase. The Palestinian people have a significant history in literature. They have always sought to narrate the history of their land, as well as the history of the crimes committed by the Israeli regime, through their writing over generations.

By Ali Hamedin

“Dune 2”: a science fiction narrative of Gaza resistance

TEHRAN- Based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel and directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film "Dune" portrays a feudal society on a fictional desert planet 1,000 years in the future, which is more similar to the current situation in the Middle East. The second part of the movie was recently released. In the "Dune" series, major powers battle over a nomadic desert planet, Arrakis, because it is the only place that spice (read oil) - a product essential to space travel - can be mined.