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Tales from the Israel-U.S. Matrix
Another day, another two stories about Israeli/American politicians/activists fiddling around with each other. 1. The Jerusalem ComPost has the following story about a letter from an Israeli politician to Rahm Emanuel imploring him to remmber his roots. Israel’s National Union chairman Ya’acov “Ketzele” Katz sent a don’t-forget-your-roots-bitch note to White House chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel. The [...]
Worse Than Bush
The World Conference on Racism (Durban II) commenced today in Geneva, with the US, Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Italy, and Germany boycotting the event. Having had either no history of racism or cleared their slate as far as racist or colonialist crimes and practices are concerned, the US and co. have the luxury [...]
Do You See What I See?
I have often wondered how aware international figures are of the depictions of themselves in the media. Has Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seen the Saturday Night Live song “Iran So Far“? Has Obama seen the Turkish reporter talking about him in blackface? Well apparently we have confirmation that Saddam Hussein saw the South Park: Bigger, Longer & [...]
An Iraqi Declaration of Independence
A Creative and Satirical version of an Iraqi Declaration of Independence based off the American Declaration of Independence written in 1776. It was drafted and pieced together by Kabobfest friend, Carlos But first, a clip from six years ago that we’re all very familiar with:[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkOCIfNQXP0] إعلان الاستقلال العراقيThe Iraqi Declaration of Independence IN MAJLIS, MARCH [...]
Rome, Jerusalem, Khartoum
On March 4, 2009, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes and crimes against humanity. As a Sudanese-American, I was struck by my own reaction to the ruling, which was a simultaneous surge of relief tempered by unease. I felt relief because, in truth, the Sudanese government [...]
US to Boycott Durban II: Obama Proved Racism is Dead, Anyways
Just as the pro-Israel lobby appeared to lose a fight over the appointment of Charles “Chas” Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council, it is hailing a success: getting the United States to boycott Durban II, the international conference on racism. The last conference, held in 2001, was the site of mass Palestine solidarity [...]
Somewhere in the distance, there’s seven new people born
Seven people are dead in a Los Angeles suburb today: mother, father, and five babies. When Bob Dylan’s Ballad of Hollis Brown comes on the album in my car, I change it quick to the next song. It expresses a reality that holds too much gravity for me to listen to for entertainment. That reality [...]
A Congessman Just like Us
“Where do I put my gun?” Freshman Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) recently made the headlines. He moved to his Congressional office on the Hill to save money. The congressman estimates he will save $1500 a month. The Congressman now has something in common with my family in Gaza; they both stay at their offices. My [...]
OBAMA: My bad, I’m actually going to need a second term to close gitmo and do other stuff you somehow got the idea I was going to do…
Sorry. No gitmo closure within the first 100 days. Also: the hard-on for Israel continues; there will be no clean break from Bush policies; Cheney gives “pretty good advice”; and country continues obssession with the fucking dog. [ABC News]
Call Your Friends in Greece…
And see if they can stop this… The Americans are about to send rush shipments of weapons to the Israelis from the port of Astakos in the next couple of weeks. Tell every body you know there to dig up the details, and disrupt this aid to war crimes. By any means necessary to stop [...]
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