A Sovereign Palestinian State

A weekly comic exploring the political and absurd by Husam Zakharia.

Let’s Kill Obama! (And the Subsequent Fracas)

Imagine if you will, a Muslim, an Arab, or an Iranian in the United States writing a post somewhere on a newsletter, or a particular newspaper, or online suggesting ways for Arabs and Iran to defend and counter Israel and its threat to their respective countries.

Logik Politik

The Hypocrisy on Palestine

Nabil Hanna looks at US foreign policy’s hypocrisy on Palestine.

Israel: South Sudan’s Big Brother

The youngest country in the world’s has deep ties with the country holding down the contemporary history’s longest occupation. What gives?

Palestine 1896

These were the first recorded images of Palestine, by the Lumier Brothers.

Newt Gingrich’s “Blue Herring” on Palestine

There’s a common logical fallacy known as a “red herring.” It’s essentially an inflammatory point that is true, but irrelevant. Red herrings are used commonly in fictional murder mysteries. When cleverly placed they can trick the most seasoned mystery reader. You know, the wealthy victim’s wife was sleeping with an accountant who had money problems. Positive motive, and subtly placed, but completely irrelevant.

‘Anonymous’ hackers strike back at Israel

In the immediate aftermath of the illegal capture of the Freedom Waves flotillas, Israel’s public image has been tarnished, as reports of violence at sea surface to counteract its claims of a peaceful takeover, and as human rights cyber-resistance group Anonymous retaliates by shutting down Israeli government web sites.

The Fiasco over UNESCO

The new name of the game in the international realm of the Israel-Palestine conflict is symbolic pointlessness. Grant Rumley explores the backlash received by UNESCO upon recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a member.

The Israeli Army shot at me and 3 Palestinian kids in Gaza today

They ran up ahead, and we walked for about 15 seconds when I heard a strange whiz, a whistle, eerily close to my ear. I paused, a bullet? Red hoodie and two younger boys up ahead hit the floor as I momentarily pondered the strange sound.