Lihi Yona
@lihiyona.bsky.social
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Law & Criminology Professor, University of Haifa. Critical Race Theory, Antidiscrimination, Prisons, Mizrahi Legal Theory (it's a thing).
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lihiyona.bsky.social
A crucial, timely report on the weaponization of antisemitism. @itamann.bsky.social and I contributed an essay exploring its legal dimensions, reflecting on Jewish plurality and the knotty relationship between Jewish and Israeli identities. Grateful for @emilyctamkin.bsky.social brilliant guidance.
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dytsras.bsky.social
This sounds oddly....."familiar" 🤔
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chrischirp.bsky.social
Don't let all the news distract you from the ongoing starvation and killing of Palestinians in Gaza.

The Israeli govt is deliberately trying to prevent news getting out . It dismisses what news there is as Hamas propaganda while refusing to let international journalists in. An information war too.
lihiyona.bsky.social
This is awesome!! Congrats!
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veenadubal.bsky.social
Asks to Universities/colleges are 3-fold: (1) daily check to see if visas have been revoked (2) provide immigration counsel upon visa revocation, & (3) keep students enrolled.

@aaup.bsky.social
lihiyona.bsky.social
Finally out! Maayan Sudai & Ido Katri wrote for YLJ on the irrationality of gender affirming care bans, illuminated most vividly via the pov of intersex people. This is such a powerful intervention because it manages to expose something deep in the ideological apparatus of the state. Must read!
Intersex, Trans, and the Irrationality of Gender-Affirming-Care Bans
This Article provides a comprehensive legal analysis of gender-affirming-care bans, concluding that their internally inconsistent treatment of trans-affirming care and coercive intersex-normalizing in...
www.yalelawjournal.org
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heidilifeldman.bsky.social
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
lihiyona.bsky.social
Merit!
alexsaysstuff.bsky.social
Trump is imposing a 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands.

The Heard and McDonald Islands are uninhabited.
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joenoonan.bsky.social
Danger: Six women, ages from 18 to 38, in a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.
Newspaper account of the raid and arrests describes six women attending, on a circle, eating hummus and bread sticks.
lihiyona.bsky.social
Thank you, much appreciated! 🙏
lihiyona.bsky.social
Wow I had no idea about the Bannon quote! Crazy stuff, thanks for sharing this!
lihiyona.bsky.social
Wow, thanks for sharing!
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joelhs.bsky.social
"By legally enshrining support for Israel as a defining characteristic of Jewish identity, the new definition of antisemitism imposes a straitjacket of Zionist identity on American Jews, in effect telling them that certain political positions are incompatible with being authentically Jewish."
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not mincing words: @itamann.bsky.social and @lihiyona.bsky.social on the instrumentalization of the #IHRA Working Definition
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...