That’s a rhetorical question, but I was thinking something today, about Palestine.
That’s a rhetorical question, but I was thinking something today, about Palestine.
I was a kid sitting on my dad’s big shoulders during the student riots in Paris in the 60s. I don’t remember it, but dad says it was weird that it felt safe to carry a kid right down to the battlefront where carefully aimed cobblestones were flying at cops. I guess there was zero chance of a Bloody Sunday style response at that time.
I was just sitting around daydreaming about the kind of world I’d rather live in. There’s so much to change; this exercise always makes me think of The Lathe of Heaven. But maybe you’ll enjoy this one:
More from Gervasi:
Gervasi performs a detailed case study regarding how the cruise missile and Pershing II were sold to the American public. Warning: if you’re not already a cynic, this may be hazardous to your mental state.
Do you want to experience your blood boiling?
The UN Convention on Genocide [un.org]
Just a few news clips to illustrate a thing:
I’m sure that there will be many (some?) who argue with Mehdi Hasan’s analysis, that Hamas is at least partially a creation of the state of Israel.
In the last week, for obvious reasons, there has been a lot of discussion using words like “war”, “terrorism”, “war crimes”, “human shields”, etc.