NOTE: I use the term "Palestinian" in various forms in this piece. But for the sake of variety (and to avoid repetition), or in order to portray the attitudes of some of the historical subjects, I use the term "Arab" at times, meaning it to be interchangeable with "Palestinian." This usage is not meant to be pejorative or prejudicial. الارشيف يكشف: … [Read more...]
Trump, Kushner and Mueller: the Smoking Gun and the Bullet
They often talk about "smoking guns" regarding complicated crimes which are hard to solve. They don't necessarily have the bullets that killed the victim. But they have a smoking gun. And with other evidence they piece together a murder case and win a conviction. That's what Robert Mueller is working on now. I don't know if he's ever going to find the … [Read more...]
BREAKING THE GAG: Secret Israeli Supreme Court Ruling Approves Massive Arms Sale to Genocidal Burmese Junta
בג"ץ אישר בהחלטה חשאית את המשך יצוא הנשק מישראל למשטר בבורמה, המואשם בפשעים נגד האנושות المحكمة العليا الاسرائيلية تصادق سرا على مواصلة تصدير الاسلحة الى ميانمار If you're alert, you're probably asking yourself: how can you report what the court decision was if it's secret? For the answer, read on. Earlier this week, the Israeli Supreme Court … [Read more...]
Nakba and Jim Crow: Mirror Images
I was just reading an informative history of white-on-black violence in America published in The Atlantic, when one particular method of such violence struck me. Here's the passage: Consider the little-known history of racial cleansing in America. Across the South and Midwest...hundreds of counties...experienced sharp and abrupt drop-offs of their black … [Read more...]
