Big Lies about Palestine: Questioning Red-Green Ideological Privilege in the War against Israel
Wed, Sep 23
|Virtual Lecture
Our next Scholars Circle features Dr. Shale Horowitz on Big Lies about Palestine: Questioning Red-Green Ideological Privilege in the War against Israel.
Time & Location
Sep 23, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT
Virtual Lecture
About the Event
About Lecture:
The information war against Israel is built on a campaign of Big Lies: a global red-green coalition to destroy Israel and impose its rule elsewhere is rebranded as the world’s most deserving self-determination movement. The red-green coalition’s blatant violation of its own purported norms—its lying, scapegoating, and pursuit of genocidal and imperial goals—shows ideological privilege. Standards are for thee, but not for me—because I exclusively represent everything good and enlightened (red), or I am God’s sole legitimate representative (green). Counterattacking against Big Lies with Big Truths should highlight, stigmatize, and satirize this ideological privilege.
Our guest moderator, Andria Spindel, Executive Director of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF), will facilitate the Q&A following the lecture.
About Scholar:
Dr. Shale Horowitz is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His research has examined international and ethnic conflict; the politics of international trade and finance; and the politics of market transition and institutional change. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of five books and over 50 academic articles. His current research interests include ethno-territorial wars and Chinese politics. He regularly visits Israel.