colonialism
Italy To Recompensate Libya for “Colonial Era” (1911-1943)
So why the compassionate cuore on the Italians part? Actually the compensation proposed to a tune of $5 billion dollars (and agreed upon by Gaddafi) would directly be invested in business projects like a highway from LIbya to Egypt and a guaranteed first dibs on energy contracts with Libya. Additionally, Libya, in return for the [...]
The Wall has yet to fall
In its continuous attempts to convince us that the Apartheid Wall is being built on Palestinian land purely for security purposes and not as part of a massive land grab, the Zionut entity has so far refused to tear down the Wall in the areas deemed by its own Supreme Court to cause ‘disproportionate harm’ [...]
“Capitalism not Zionism is the Problem”
I’ve been spending all of my free time in Cairo being either sexually harassed (more on that on a future post) or finishing up an academic article for publication that was due almost four weeks ago (Sorry Giorgio! I hear Maytha just turned hers in, too, which means she’s only slightly less of a slacker [...]
Israel is a Beacon of Democracy
I don’t understand how anybody can refer to Israel as a colonial power. Sure, Israel steals Palestinian land, builds illegal Jewish-only settlements on stolen Palestinian lands, and illegally transfers its civilian population to said settlements. But to refer to Israel as a colonial power is simply absurd! Israel, the civilized, is a beacon of democracy [...]
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In Commemoration of Land Day
Sunday is Yom al Ard, or Land Day, in Palestine and Israel. The activities held on the 30th of March each year mark the anniversary of protests in 1976 against the theft of Palestinian-owned land inside of Israel by the state. Six people were killed in the Galilee, and hundreds injured. To my knowledge, not [...]
The Unrecognized
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Finally the UN Gets it Right…
After four decades of whitewashing Israel’s military occupation, the UN has finally figured it out: Palestinian violence is a RESPONSE to Israel’s arrogant military rule. I am surprised that I am applauding this light bulb moment for the UN but given the recent trends on the part of the UN to try to get the [...]
IT WAS THE GAYS
When I found myself grabbing my desk last week while the earth shuddered and the building shook, I had no idea what caused it. Thanks to Israeli Member of Knesset Shlomo Benizri, I’ve since been enlightened. It was the gays. Clearly there is an orgy of monumental proportions going on that I’m missing out on, [...]
Metaphor of the Month
Tariq Ali compares American efforts to create a Bhutto-Musharraf power-sharing government in Pakistan to an arranged marriage.
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