Remembering the man of Peace who inspired the world at a moment where the instigator of his assassination – Benjamin Netenyahu: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-shin-bet-heads-accuse-netanyahu-of-lying-about-lead-up-to-rabin-assassination/ is driving the entire region into the abyss. I remember that dark day well/how shocked I was and sending a fax to Israeli embassy to mourn his murder/expressing deep […]
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GAZA – Sloppy “Short-Termism”Should be Tossed Out the Window
History in my opinion has always been about one of 2 options we take; Learn/Face up/Resolve Watch/Turn away/Ignore If we are genuinely keen on developing as a global community in an interconnected global landscape we need to have a razor sharp/far reaching vision (as opposed to a blurred one) […]
Read MoreGAZA – A Conflict of Fiction & Realties
What we see here in my opinion is by no means a unique case of journalistic bias but a constant/consistent pattern in the media. I do not have a problem with left or right leaning coverage of events and politics in general; this is part and parcel of democratic […]
Read MoreGAZA – The IDF’s Precision Tactics Continue to Impress
The IDF’s tactical/precision strikes continue to impress; now its time yet again for the review of their popular procedural guide “The IDF excuse cookbook”. What is happening in GAZA is NOT a war in any sense of the term if we’re honest about it away from all political biases; that’s […]
Read MoreIsrael Faces Mounting Pressure to Investigate Gaza Food aid Deaths – Hang On, Who’s Investigates Who?
Here’s my take; Calling on Israel to investigate this incident and many many others as party in an ongoing/bloody conflict and with its dismal human rights track record is wilful whitewash of these western powers who just want a way to clean their hands of these atrocities. But then I […]
Read MoreGAZA – The Mideast “Merry Go Round”
And just for good measure in a layman’s attempt to connect the dots below is a link to a somewhat relevant post to the above old clip Related Post GAZA – The Economics of Warfare & the Military Industrial Complex – A Footnote that’s Really the Keynote? [L’économie de la […]
Read MoreGAZA – Israeli Democracy 101: Fighting Terrorism by stripping Palestinian men and children – what new techniques for Christmas? (No comments)
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Read MoreGAZA – Convergence of Views on Current Threats
Check out my last blog post – link below – which reflects the same view in this clip because it ain’t no rocket science and most political observations/analysis now converge in the same direction. Stubbornness in following (same old same old) path followed by the western political establishment is kicking […]
Read MoreGAZA – Recent Horrifying Images (Discretion Strongly Advised) – No Comment
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Read MoreGAZA – Stories from a “Civilianfield”: A Young Girl Being Rescued
Young girl rescued after Israeli attack; truly heartbreaking yet just wonderful to watch her bravery/seemingly undeterred while being rescued. Unbelievable though I’m certain many similar stories have yet to be told. All this while Arab league members just watch on the sidelines and that’s the more devastating story of all. […]
Read MoreThe GAZA Conflict: AI & Power Targets
Truly incredible but not all that surprising. Here’s also an important detail; there’s always been the suggestion by Israel that civilians are being used by terrorists as human shields without much in the way of evidence; now it seems that civilians are being used by the IDF to pressure terrorist […]
Read MoreProtected: The GAZA Conflict & It’s Wider Context: The Arab League Needs to Grow Up
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Read MoreJohn Oliver Unpacks the Current MidEast Conflict Escalation Entirely – Must Watch!
I have heard/watched plenty of analysis of the current Israeli/Palestinian escalation but in my opinion it is this analysis that truly gives the entire context for this war. I can only highly recommend watching it, unless of course you are one of those who are suffering from analysis/paralysis due to […]
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen Speech on the Mideast Conflict; A Reality Check
While I do support the call for a 2 state solution and disengagement militarily/economically between Gaza and possible other Palestinian populated areas from Israel here are my personal observations; The focus continues to consider this conflict a regional conflict that Landed in the region without prior notice/knowledge of western powers […]
Read MoreThe Israeli/Palestinian Conflict Continues to Undermine Credibility of Western “Powers”
The spectators with little credibility do all to find a workaround to a problem they’ve helped create rather than have the courage to take steps towards the only viable solution they’ve been preaching for decades. It’s the same dismal approach they’ve applied in Ukraine though in that case there is […]
Read MoreA Five Point Outline of a Plan to End the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict – a proposition!
I have written plenty on the subject and many have done the same. The facts are clear and largely indisputable at least insofar as the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians. So what I mention here is a suggested outline for a resolution that can be agreed and implemented relatively […]
Read MoreIn his own words: Historian and Political Scientist Ilan Pappé Speaks About the MidEast Conflict
Before watching the following clip if you begin from the premise that this is anti-Israel or pro-Hamas propaganda you will most likely gain little if anything from watching the clip, so you might as well move on. If on the other hand you truly want understand more about this conflict […]
Read MoreIn his own words: Yanis Varoufakis Speaks About the MidEast Conflict
Let me just begin by a statement made by U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in a recent press conference on his arrival in Israel after recent escalations; “I am here not only as US secretary of state, but also as a Jew”. Two things come to mind; I mentioned this in […]
Read MoreBraverman Wants to ban Waving a Palestinian flag – Welcome to Britain 2023 In Red
The concept of importing foreign conflicts into our political eco system as I mention in my post here takes a more drastic form. Here are the problems; This approach not only demonstrates importing foreign conflicts its actually internalizing conflicts the extent to which we’ve never done before and will at […]
Read MoreA State of War Again for the Longest, Deadliest Conflict in the Middle East & The Way Ahead
In fact for some people the state of war never actually ended but rather its ongoing on a daily basis, though one can argue the situation is worse for some more than others. This tragic conflict needs a just resolution urgently because in the west people don’t actually notice that […]
Read MoreThe "Deal of the Century" or an "Ordeal of the Century"
An excellent article – link below – by Anne Irfan Teaching Fellow in Middle Eastern History, University of Sussex tries to effectively unpack what is termed the “Deal of the Century” devised the political genius Jared Kushner mmmm…Son in Law of the President of the United States. I would suggest […]
Read MoreThe U.N. Votes to Criticise the U.S. Decision on Jerusalem
The United Nations General Assembly on today, Thursday 21, 2017 adopted a resolution criticising the U.S. decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and begin the process of moving its embassy there. Now beyond the foolishness of the U.S. administration to make that decision, something I posted about here, and […]
Read MoreReflections from Jerusalem & A Hope for a Brighter Future
I came across this article; Where the Gods Live by the Austrian journalist Tessa Szyszkowitz which provides a very interesting insight – among the many out there – about life in Jerusalem, and decided to share it as a follow up to a recent post I made with the link […]
Read MoreTrump to Recognise Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
This is simple/brief commentary/predictions on Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; This in my view is by far the biggest US foreign policy blunder ever even eclipsing the decision to invade Iraq of 2003. Political ramifications will be swift and will not be restricted to the […]
Read MoreViolence and diplomatic upheaval over the al-Aqsa mosque – The latest episode of a never-ending story (Commentary)
This to me is merely another demonstrations of the super power’s historic contribution to the Middle East which continues to this day – meddling in the region for strategic interests irrespective of consequences. The problem is compounded by most countries in region being too weak/ignorant & with plenty of historical […]
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