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Samuel Hyde

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As seen in: Yahoo News Malaysia, The Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, Sunday Times, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles), Mondaq, Westlaw Today, QOSHE
Writer. Fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute

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Iranian women saw the revolution’s danger first

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By Samuel Hyde
| The Jerusalem Post Verified
In the autumn of 1978, as the Shah’s regime was collapsing under the weight of mass demonstrations, Michel Foucault traveled to Iran as a special correspondent for Corriere della Sera. What he encountered there electrified him. He believed he was witnessing something that modern political theory had overlooked: a revolution not driven by class struggle, technocracy, or Western rationalism, but by what he called “political spirituality.” Foucault was not alone in his fascination.
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The media obsession that keeps Israel in the headlines

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By Samuel Hyde
| The Jerusalem Post Verified
BySAMUEL J. HYDEJANUARY 13, 2026 10:04Updated: JANUARY 13, 2026 10:05 When arguments about international coverage of Israel arise, they almost always begin in miniature. They circle around language. Is it a “settlement” or a “neighborhood”? A “security fence” or an “apartheid wall”? Was 1948 a war of independence or a Nakba? These debates have the feel of forensic disputes, as if the great drama of the Middle East might finally be settled by the correct choice of noun. They are not unimportant.
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Ninth Circuit Opens New Path Back To State Court For Class Actions Removed To Federal Court

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By Samuel Hyde, Noah Woo
| Mondaq
By design, the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) allows defendants to remove complex class actions to federal court. It avoids the onerous diversity requirements that defendants previously struggled to satisfy, and its $5 million amount-in-controversy threshold is often easy to meet in large class actions. In response, plaintiffs have often thrown up roadblocks to removal through artful pleading designed to avoid federal jurisdiction.
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