Total Eclipse

It’s times like these, I almost fall victim to despair. The immediate feeling of injustice, it’s hard to scale into words. The conflict has leaped into a new strategy, and a new war of de-legitimization is being waged against Israel. We are now being forced into circumstances where the only course of action we have [...]

Political Disclaimer: Before diving into deeply contentious subjects, I’d like to precede by stating that I am and always have been a member of the Israeli peace camp. I support the Palestinian’s right to self-determination, within the boundaries of the land acquired by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. Having said that, It is [...]

So it seems while all eyes on are Gaza, The Israel Central Elections Committee decided to disqualify the two major Arab parties from running in the elections. There’s nothing new to the claims that the Arab parties (the only one left, Hadash, is an Arab-Jewish communist coalition) do not accept Israel as a Jewish state. [...]

Again I find myself blogging life during wartime. Tel-Aviv is fucked up like that; An hours drive away, a quarter of a million Israelis are under rocket fire, and here life goes on as usual. Just a quick recap. In the summer of 2005, Israel left the Gaza strip. In the summer of 2007, Hamas, [...]

Not normally one for posts dedicated to movie reviews (hell, not really one to post at all nowadays), but I just got back from seeing Waltz with Bashir, and I feel like I need to let something out on the proverbial page else I explode with indigestion. First off, it’s an amazing film, go watch [...]

Syrian President Bashar Assad has been signaling through western media that he is interested in resuming peace negotiations with Israel unconditionally. He urged Israeli Prime Minister Ulmert to try him out, “call his bluff”. This well-played rhetoric places Israel in a difficult position. Israel can ill-afford to be perceived as war-mongers in the world (as [...]

Expanded from a discussion I had on livejournal: Someone: The IAF bombed a building because a rocket launcher was in it- they had no way to know the basement was packed with children, and had they known I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t have bombed it. ME: Not fucking good enough! We are judged by our [...]

For the past day or so I’ve been scouring the net for information on the current grim meathook state of affairs. I’ve been reading both Israeli and Lebanese independant blogs and webzines. I find it fascinating. Some Lebanese blogs have been getting comments in the hundreds. Surpringly, for the most part, discourse has been heated, [...]

“War is the very crudest of responses and reflects the utter failure of imagination and intelligence in foreign policy. The cycle of poverty, inequality, and hatred will grow worse. Terrorist recruiting will flourish in the aftermath.” – Prof. Thompson Bradley, Swarthmore College Is that so? I can think of at least 2 wars that led [...]

I am a foreigner everywhere. Current events make me sick to my stomach. I really do try and avoid any contact with mainstream media, because it has this nauseating effect on me. I get my news from boingboing and Fortean Times and that’s usually enough. But once in a while, I get this masochistic urge [...]