SPECIAL TO INFORMED CONTENT by Yakov M. RABKIN

 

 

From the Siege of Leningrad to the Siege of Gaza: Colonialist Mentality

 

Montréal (Special to Informed Comment) – Eighty years ago, on January 27, 1944, people in the street were hugging each other and weeping with joy. They were celebrating the end of a nearly 900 days brutal siege. Soviet forces lifted the siege of Leningrad after ferocious battles. Exact…

 

Yakov M. Rabkin 01/28/2024

https://www.juancole.com/2024/01/leningrad-colonialist-mentality.html

About the Author

Yakov M. Rabkin is Professor Emeritus of History at the Université of Montréal. His publications include over 300 articles and a few books: Science between Superpowers, A Threat from Within: a Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism, What is Modern Israel?, Demodernization: A Future in the Past and Judaïsme, islam et modernité. He did consulting work for, inter alia, OECD, NATO, UNESCO and the World Bank. E-mail: yakov.rabkin@umontreal.ca. Website: www.yakovrabkin.ca