Tag: israel

In the last few years we have been witnessing the emergence of a self-gratifying populist culture in the midst of the Palestinian scholarly discourse.

If you didn't know Zionism was a mental illness, this should make it clear:

"Diskotel" was coined by Yeshayahu Leibowitz by merging "kotel" with "discotheque." In Hebrew, "kotel" means "wall," and is the short referral form to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. "HaKotel HaMaaravi"—the Western Wall—is the full name. Using this phrase, Professor Leibowitz, an Orthodox Jew, made fun of the Jewish veneration of old stones in that site.

On May 15, the UN General Assembly approved Qatar’s initiative for a new anti-Syrian resolution, as it did in August 2012. It addresses actions by the armed forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and expresses support for the coalition of opposition forces.

I can seldom claim to be delighted during my daily tours within the Hebrew media darkest corners; the offensive image I reproduced in yesterday's article is a good explanation why.

I can seldom claim to be delighted during my daily tours within the Hebrew media darkest corners; the offensive image I reproduced in yesterday's article is a good explanation why.

"I had a female-commander who didn't stop cursing, dirty words that I had never heard before," complained a few days ago Yosef Duvdevany while describing his IDF service as a Haredi soldier.

In order to emphasize certain state-crimes, I said to a Bolivian lawyer once "Bolivia belongs to the Fourth World." He was unable to understand the reference. Empire's Doublethink* conquers even the West's lesser corners.

It is time we differentiated hard intelligence and rational analysis from conspiracy theory addiction. Remember, it was Fox News and the Limbaugh crowd that created the addiction for wild conspiracies and fabrication.

Every so often we come across a secular Jewish ‘anti’ Zionist’ who argues that Zionism is not Judaism and vice versa. Interestingly enough, I have just come across an invaluable text that illuminates this question from a rabbinical perspective.

Shooting accurately a mortar is not easy. Its steep ballistic trajectory demands expertise and calculations, especially when more often than not, the operator of the weapon cannot see the target. Yet, it is perfect for mountainous areas, where it can vertically bypass stubborn summits.

Keeping the semantics adopted by the abovementioned Hebrew newspaper, "moshav" can be defined as a "soft-kibbutz." It is a socialist settlement, but unlike kibbutzim, they kept two reactionary ideas: family and private ownership.

Israeli regime’s media outlets are blaming U.S. linguist Noam Chomsky for British physicist Stephen Hawking’s withdrawal from Israel's Presidential Conference in protest of Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

Then Maziar Bahari came for me Maziar Bahari (L), Hamid Reza Emadi (R) --- By Hamid Reza Emadi --- Mr. Bahari managed to secure his own release while many...

Israel will celebrate its 65th year of “independence” (from whom?), a celebration steeped in historical lies, myths, blood, and the forced expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians from their homeland with the political, economic, and military support of the U.S. and Britain, two colonial racist powers who themselves understand the meaning of killing and ethnically cleansing indigenous populations around the world. .

Those working in a date-orchard own a well kept secret. The best dates hide at the very top of the tree, where they are mercilessly scorched by the sun. They can't be sold because they are extremely wrinkled; yet, they are the sweetest. While arduously cutting the commercial fruit branches, the better ones are enjoyed by the sweating workers.

It is so graphically obvious that this single-sentence introduction is enough to clarify the point. Look at Tel Aviv's centennial logo and the emblem. Despite Tel Aviv-Yafo being formally a mixed Jewish-Palestinian city, the script is Hebrew and English.

Peres will also hold a series of diplomatic meetings with the President and Prime Minister of Italy, and take part in a ceremony in the city of Assisi.

The Bolshevik Revolution eventually blessed the West with at least one hundred million deaths. Neoconservativism recently blessed the West with millions of dead bodies in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. The movement sent a six-trillion dollar bill to the average American. And this is not the end of the story, as neoconservative hawks are making their way to attacking Iran

Analysis shows Syria came under attack by Israel using, not just nuclear weapons, but an American nuclear bunker buster bomb, one of several supplied to Israel to use against Iran, one of the last acts of the Bush/Cheney administration.

I'm still rolling on the floor laughing my socks off at a report by the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).

Can a sane, unprejudiced person "deny the Holocaust"?

Can a sane, unprejudiced person "deny the Holocaust"?

A recent Associated Press article reveals that about 500,000 Jews were part of the Communist Soviet Union's Red Army and that about 7,000 of them are now living in Israel.

Hey kosher cowboys! It's Tex-ass-Israel day! Now lets go kill some philistinian injuns!

Three of my favorite musicians - Elvis Costello, Roger Waters, and Brian Eno - are boycotting Israel. And now one of my favorite scientists, Stephen Hawking, is joining them.

Al-Qaeda and Israel have joined forces in Syria. Is that just a coincidence? Or have they always been on the same side?

Good thing I have access to CCTV-English (Chinese state television) for international news or I would have totally missed the scoop that Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has frozen new settlement activity in the Palestinian West Bank.

This morning, the government of Israel contacted President Assad of Syria. They did so as the leader of a coalition now openly at war against Syria and Iran, with plans to broaden the conflict.

Israel is not yet Bhopal. Israel attacks Syria. Israel becomes Bhopal?

Palestine is NOT a Farm Of The Saudi King and Arab States فلسطين ليست مزرعة لملك السعوية والجامعة العربية Palestine is not a private farm of...

William Cook in his masterly way tells us not to give up The-truth-tellers-lament-in-a-time-of-darkness even if "overwhelmed by darkness of the times".

"Boorgani" is how the word "bourgeois" was adapted to Hebrew. In the kibbutz, it was used to design the politruks and technocrats living well at our expense. They would sit on red coaches and travel in cars while the proletariat fought the "eshel" trees infesting the Valley's fish pools.

In the last days of April, Netanyahu's government faced a vote of no confidence due to its proposed budget

Certain issues are so unusual that finding a proper way of introducing or entitling them is almost impossible. Everything related to Iscar is odd, including its location near the Lebanese border (see map below).

Like many historians, Pappe, though familiar with the facts of history, seems either unable to grasp or reluctant to address the ideological and cultural meaning of those facts.

Like many historians, Pappe, though familiar with the facts of history, seems either unable to grasp or reluctant to address the ideological and cultural meaning of those facts.

Individuals from all backgrounds should continue to proclaim the truth, wherever the truth may be found.

Only yesterday, I commented on the Israeli saying "The Jewish Brain Invents Patents," in the context of a new semantic invention promoting war ("entwined red lines").

Only yesterday, I commented on the Israeli saying "The Jewish Brain Invents Patents," in the context of a new semantic invention promoting war ("entwined red lines").

A long time ago, Israeli Prime Ministers discovered that their governments are dysfunctional. They are large and plagued with coalitional interests.

The proposed moves, as outlined below and confirmed through DEBKA, would require the United States to return to “Bush era unilateralism,” moves unlikely if President Obama, Secretaries Kerry and Hagel and JCOS Chief, General Martin Dempsey were still alive, despite wild conspiratorial claims quoted below."