Jon Simons
Jon Simons is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication and Culture, Indiana University. While living in Israel from 1985 to 1995, he earned a PhD in political science and was active in the Israeli peace movement. He recently returned from a research trip to Israel/Palestine where he studied Israeli pro-peace and anti-occupation activism, and is the author of the Picturing Peace blog.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Friday, January 25, 2013 13:54 - 3 Comments
Analysis | Israeli Election Results Bring Peace No Closer
Media coverage of this week's Israeli elections has generally portrayed the results as a shift away from the right by the electorate, presumably moderating its positions and attitudes on peace and security. Such optimism is not only false, but dangerous, argues Jon Simmons.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Friday, November 16, 2012 23:59 - 3 Comments
Comment | Protesting “Pillar of Cloud” in Tel Aviv
Jon Simons reports from Tel Aviv on the reaction within Israel to the country's current assault on Gaza, and what it could mean for the future of the Israeli peace movement.
New in Ceasefire, Special Reports - Thursday, August 2, 2012 19:25 - 1 Comment
Special Report | A University of Occupation: how Israel’s first settler university was created
Jon Simons reports on the bizarre process that saw the establishment two weeks ago of a new university in the settler town of Ariel in the occupied West Bank, and argues this represents another step in the legitimation of the Israeli occupation.
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