Professor of Political Science at Carleton U.; Israel/Palestine politics; author or co-editor of 5 books including of Borders and Belonging: A Memoir
Ottawa, Canada
Joined April 2008
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Mira Sucharov retweeted
There's been a lot of attention about our upcoming exhibit, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present.
We're here to address some of the misconceptions and commentary. 1/2
ALT For the record. Our upcoming exhibit Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present
ALT Our mandate is to build understanding about human rights. • Our new exhibit focuses on the lived experiences of Palestinian Canadians and the human rights impacts of forced displacement that they have faced over generations. It opens to the public on June 27. • This exhibit has been in development for more than four years, and was initiated after we identified that Palestinian Canadian voices were underrepresented in our galleries.
ALT Palestinian Canadian stories • Building an understanding of the personal stories and experiences of Palestinian Canadians is squarely within our mandate. These stories have a place in this museum. • Focusing this one exhibit on the human rights violations faced by Palestinian Canadians does not negate the human rights violations faced by Jewish people or the devasting effects of antisemitism being faced today.
ALT We stand behind our curatorial process. • Our curatorial process is consistent, thorough, independent, and led by professionals with many years of experience. Concerns about “foreign interference” are unfounded. • 186 dignitaries and government representatives from 46 countries have visited over the past two years. As a public institution, it is part of our responsibility to promote Canadian heritage and values. • We regularly receive opinions and feedback about content, however we always exercise curatorial independence.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Congrats to @saribashi on her memoir, "Upside Down Love," about how a Jewish woman in Israel falls in love with a Palestinian man in the West Bank. It's a love story and a window into the injustices Palestinians face daily. And it's hope: if love can survive, maybe peace can.
My memoir, Upside-Down Love, launches today! It's the true story of how my Palestinian partner and I met, fell in love, and made it work, against the odds and against the law. Check it out! You won't regret it. @BlackstoneAudio ummforat.com/en/buy-upside-d…
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Canada is horrified by the Israeli military’s bombing of the Nasser hospital in Gaza. The government of Israel has a duty to protect civilians, healthcare workers and journalists. The violence must stop and civilian lives must be protected.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Canada condemns the killing @AlJazeera journalists in #Gaza. Journalists are civilians — targeting them is unacceptable. We call for full accountability and for the protection of media everywhere. #PressFreedom #NotATarget
Mira Sucharov retweeted
I have met Canadian Palestinians who have lost upwards of hundreds of family members in Gaza, sharing unimaginable pain and worry for remaining loved ones.
Their fears grow with each day that passes without meaningful action towards upholding international humanitarian law.
The suffering of civilians in Gaza is horrific. Together with 25 other partners, Canada‘s message is clear: the war in Gaza must end now. We call for an immediate ceasefire, the release of all hostages and a full resumption of humanitarian aid, including food.
Please see our collective statement below.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
It's fine to ask @ZohranKMamdani about "globalize the intifada." I get why it disturbs most Jews. But NY Magazine just published a 10K word cover story arguing that Israel has committed "hundreds, if not thousands, of war crimes in Gaza." @andrewcuomo is Netanyahu's lawyer. What does it say about the media's view of Palestinian life that that's considered less important in this race?
Mira Sucharov retweeted
If you’re reading this, know that it really happened.
I don’t know where and when you’re reading this. I’m writing from my home in Jaffa, Israel; the date is April 9, 2025, and the time is 13:00. >>
Mira Sucharov retweeted
These speeches by the Palestinian & Israeli who made “No Other Land” are so simple & powerful. The Palestinian saying “I don’t want my baby daughter to face the same oppression.”The Israeli saying “I can’t be safe if my Palestinian brother isn’t free.”
Mira Sucharov retweeted
The Zionist meltdown over No Other Land is epic. They want us to think:
1. Anyone who isn’t pro- Israeli genocide is pro-Hamas
2. Anyone talking about anything other than Oct. 7 100% of the time is pro-Hamas
Do these genocidal freaks realize how absolutely clownish they are?
Mira Sucharov retweeted
This is what must scare @AIPAC and its allies. They are winning politically but losing culturally. Their attack ads can't stop Blue America's shift in collective consciousness on the question of Palestinian freedom. If politics really is downstream from culture, they're in trouble.
The team behind #NoOtherLand accepts the #Oscar for best documentary and speaks about the Iraeli-Palestinian conflict
Mira Sucharov retweeted
"Alternative Pathways to Peace: A 'Shared Homeland' Paradigm in Theory and Practice". Please join our next webinar, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 11:45AM ET, with @sucharov & @omarmdajani, moderated by our board member Joshua Shanes.
Register now at us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Mira Sucharov retweeted
“I think all of us have been looking for a bold, hopeful, forward looking vision of what could be…I met this group of Palestinians, this group of Israelis and ‘A Land For All’ is their vision.”
@richardbranson on backing a new proposal for a two-state solution.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
They shot up a Jewish girl's school. Again. On Yom Kippur.
Would you send your kid back to a school that hateful extremists keep returning to and opening fire on?
The goal is to make life impossible for Jews.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
דובר צה"ל: נתב"ג ייפתח מחדש ב-07:00
נתב"ג נסגר להמראות ונחיתות - טיסות לישראל יופנו לנמלי תעופה חלופיים • הקבינט יתכנס ב-7 בקריה
@einavkerner @yanircozin
Mira Sucharov retweeted
IDF launches wave of Lebanon strikes as Israel braces for major Hezbollah escalation. All updates on @haaretzcom haaretz.com/israel-news/2024…
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Hamas has officially rejected the Israeli position in the negotiations and has once again clarified that there will be no deal that does not include three issues: an end to the war; full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza; a very significant release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, especially those with life-sentence for killing Israelis. I know Hamas from 18 years of negotiating - they will not cave in. This has been their position since the first months of the war. Next week will be 9 months since the beginning of the war started by Hamas atrocities against Israel. 120 Israeli hostages remain in Gaza - no one knows how many of them are alive. There is no way of bringing the hostages home without agreeing to Hamas's terms. There is no victory - not for Israel and not for Hamas. Everyone has lost in this war. Everyday that it continues, more innocent Palestinians get killed and more Israeli soldiers are killed. Everyday that it goes on is a risk to the lives of the hostages. Everyday this war goes on, the battles between Israel and Hezbollah continue and put us risk of a full scale regional war which will result is massive death and destruction. This war must end now. Netanyahu must resign and take responsibility - he's the head - he is responsible. The Palestinian people should remove Hamas from power - they too are responsible for all of the death and destruction of Gaza. This must be the last Israeli Palestinian war.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
"Where's the Palestinians Gandhi?"
Bassem Tamimi & Issam Amro are 2 activists who never used violence in their resistance
One was kidnapped, tortured & starved by the IDF for 9 months, the other beaten unconscious by settlers
Palestinian nonviolence requires global non-silence
Mira Sucharov retweeted
I know it's difficult for some people to hear this, but: it's OK to feel mixed emotions right now. It's OK to be overjoyed beyond words for the 4 who were saved, and simultaneously crushed for the price others, who didn't deserve it, payed. That is where we are and what this is.
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Political science professor @Carleton_U, @sucharov breaks down the implications of the UN Security Council vote to demand a #Ceasefire_In_Gaza via @CBCEarlyEdition
Sucharov's #InformedOps @ bit.ly/3k8wRS0 cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-9…
Mira Sucharov retweeted
Hasbara has always been cringe, but the sharp pivot it's taken into full QAnon-style conspiracy over the past couple days should very much concern and worry us.
