The Weaponization of Religion across Borders: Israel/Palestine and U.S./Mexico/Central America, Part I

This comparative session will explore the weaponization of religion in regional, national, and international conflicts, especially in relation to the situation in Israel/Palestine in comparison to the U.S./Mexico/Central America border. Topics will include approaches to Christian Zionism, struggles over ethnic studies in education, Jewish ethnocracy and Zionist hegemony in Israel/Palestine, the Jewish National Fund's history, the Jewish Nation-State Law, biblical archeology, and the weaponization of antisemitism.