The Assassin’s Creed: Murder as Israeli State Policy
“If our dreams for Zionism are not to end in the smoke of assassins’ pistols and our labor for its future to produce only a new set of gangsters worthy of Nazi Germany, many like […]
History
‘I Am Greta’ isn’t about Climate Change. It’s about the Elusiveness of Sanity in an Insane World
Erich Fromm, the renowned German-Jewish social psychologist who was forced to flee his homeland in the early 1930s as the Nazis came to power, offered a disturbing insight later in life on the relationship between […]
Palestinian Court Holds First Session in Lawsuit against UK over Balfour Declaration
A Palestinian court yesterday held the first session to review a lawsuit filed against the British government over its crimes in Palestine during the British Mandate between 1917- 1948 and the Balfour Declaration which promised […]
Days of the Future Passed: Point of No Return
One of the more pivotal years in modern history was 1979 and its geopolitical events. Until recently I had considered them to be the most important alignment of events influencing future actions. It is still […]
Balfour Declaration Anniversary: Protests in UK, Palestine (PHOTOS)
Factories belonging to Israel’s largest arms manufacturer, Elbit System, woke up this morning to groups of protesters demanding their closure. Protests led by the direct action campaign group Palestine Action were organized to coincide with […]
Wealth and Power (PART IV): Colonization with a New Face
(Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 Part 2: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism and the path to Global War) This is a history blog… Unlike any history, you have been taught. The blog […]
From AIPAC’s La-la Land to the Bitter Reality in the Holy Land – Book Review
(Wake Up and Reclaim Your Humanity: Essays on The Tragedy of Israel-Palestine. Richard Forer. Mindstir Media, 2020) Bookshelves are overflowing with books on Palestine and Israel. One might imagine that there are no new angles […]
Wealth and Power (PART III): The New Colonizing Nations Fight Each Other to Control World Power
(Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 Part 2: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism and the path to Global War) This is a history blog… Unlike any history, you have been taught. The blog […]
Palestinians Initiate Lawsuit against Britain over Balfour Declaration
The National Party for Independents (NPI), the International Commission to Support the Palestinian Rights (ICSPR), and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) today initiated a lawsuit against the British Government for its responsibility for the suffering […]
Wealth and Power (PART II): Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism and the Path to Global War
(Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 Part 2: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism and the path to Global War) This is a history blog… Unlike any history you have been taught. The blog […]
Wealth and Power (PART I): Understanding Colonialism
(Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 Part 1: Understanding Colonialism and the impoverishment of the world and the enrichment of Western Europe) This is a history blog… Unlike any history you […]
Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020 (Preface)
(Wealth and Power: Global Transformation and Destruction 1492 to 2020. Roger Van Zwanenberg.) The global relations of power were altered fundamentally after these 30 turbulent years. In 1914 Britain was the world’s leading industrial state. […]
Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda (Book Review)
(Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda. Jean Guerrero. William Morrow/HarperCollins, New York, 2020.) While browsing the History/Politics section of a local bookstore the number of works devoted to the many aspects […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Withdraws from Commemoration of Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin
US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez withdrew on Friday from an event commemorating the Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin following criticism against her planned participation. A spokesperson confirmed in an email to Aljazeera that the New York […]
Black Wave – Book Review
(Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unravelled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East. Kim Ghattas. Henry Holt & Company, NewYork, 2020.) Among the many books analyzing the Middle […]
The End of the US$ and the US Military
Train of Thought To start with, here are some recent quotations that weigh heavily on the negative aspects of the US$ and its role as the global reserve currency, also known as the petrodollar. One […]
38 Years after the Massacre: Remembering Sabra and Shatila
On this day, September 16, in 1982, several thousand Palestinians at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Lebanon were brutally massacred by the Lebanese phalange militias at the behest of the Israeli military, which […]
Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays (BOOK REVIEW)
(Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays. Edward Curtin. Clarity Press, Atlanta, Georgia. 2020) In the introduction to “Seeking Truth in a Country of Lies – Critical and Lyrical Essays” […]
The Power of Memory to Reclaim What was Lost
In the article “Invention, Memory, and Place,” the late Edward Said reflects on the question of collective memory: what is remembered, how, and in what form? Both Susan Abulhawa’s Against the Loveless World (2020) and […]
How Israel Wages War on Palestinian History
When the Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri made a documentary about Jenin in 2002 – filming immediately after the Israeli army had completed rampaging through the West Bank city, leaving death and destruction in its wake […]
Why Should Palestinians Write Their Sports History?
Palestinian modern history is unique, not only because of the Nakba (i.e. catastrophe) of 1948, and the expulsion of the 750,000 refugees from their land, but because this history consistently has been a subject of […]
Australia and Israel are Two Sides of the Colonial Legacy which Undermines Palestinian Rights
Like other countries prioritizing international consensus and diplomatic relations with Israel simultaneously, Australia is trying to square a colonial circle. Whilst not averse to promoting the two-state paradigm and expressing “concern” at the forthcoming annexation, […]
How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs – Book Review
(How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs. Elizabeth F. Thomson. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 2020.) Having just read The War That Ended Peace, the title “How the West Stole Democracy From the Arabs” […]
Hollywood Star: I was ‘Fed Huge Amount of Lies’ about Israel
Hollywood’s Seth Rogen on Monday said he was fed a “huge amount” of lies about Israel, as Palestinians were left out of the narrative. In the podcast WTF with Marc Maron, Rogen, who is Jewish […]
On the Ongoing Occupation of America and Historic Palestine
On July 20, Michelle Goldberg published an Op-ed for the New York Times titled “Trump’s Occupation of American Cities has Begun.” At one time, “the idea of unidentified agents in camouflage snatching leftists off the […]
Israeli Forces Seize Ancient Baptismal Font near Bethlehem (VIDEO)
Israeli forces seized on Monday a rare Byzantine-era baptismal font from Tuqu‘ town, near Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. WAFA photojournalist Oday Daibes posted a video showing Israeli soldiers escorting a forklift […]
‘Optimism of the Will’: Palestinian Freedom is Possible Now
In a recent TV discussion, a respected pro-Palestine journalist declared that if any positive change or transformation ever occurs in the tragic Palestinian saga, it would not happen now, but that it would take a […]
‘Triumph of the Will’ Redux in Occupied Palestine and Turtle Island
On Friday, July 3, 2020, Donald Trump used the occasion of Independence day to deliver what Annie Karnie called “a dark and divisive” speech before a crowded audience at He Sápa (the Lakota name for […]
The War That Ended Peace – Book Review
On a recent hiking trip I took along Margaret MacMillan’s pre World War I history, “The War That Ended Peace – The Road to 1914” (Penguin Canada, 2013). It is a well-written history that I […]
BBC World Service: Miriam and Youssef
‘Miriam and Youssef’ is a 10-part radio drama from the BBC World Service about the founding of the state of Israel between the years 1917 – 1948. The story is narrated by the two central […]
