Jordan Shows How to make a Nation from Bedouin Tribes
and what to do when threatened by a large “other” within. Zaina Siyam wrote her masters thesis for the Departmen of Law at the American University of Cairo, entitled, “Legal Construction of Nationalism and National Identity in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan“. I have always been curious about how Jordan developed a national spirit out […]
Since the Nation State Law Passed its First Supreme Court Test…
Yesterday afternoon (8.7.2021), the left-wing Haaretz published a surprisingly balanced report of the Supreme Court denial of a petition to strike the Nation State Law (NSL) from the book of statutes. Now that the NSL is etched indelibly into the fabric of our legal system, we can look at it more dispassionately and understand why […]
Silwan: Judaizing or Preventing the Palestinianization of What was Never Palestinian
Seems that anti-Zionists love accusing Israel of “Judaizing” places on the map even though it is quite easy to prove that these points on the map were Jewish before they were Arabized during the Muslim Conquest of 650 that sought to wipe out (or convert to Islam, which is a form of ethnic cleansing) indigenous […]
Sinokrot: Academic Report on Successful PA Company
Sinokrot Holdings is a very successful family business in the Palestinian Authority (PA). A case study examining the reasons for its success was published in the first volume of a new economics and accounting journal. The description of success in view of very difficult conditions for entrepreneurship would have been much more valuable if they […]
Psychological Deterrence: An Arab Tells Us Why Israel is Failing
Particularly relevant today, with Israel’s new coalition government is a piece written two years ago by Abu Ali Express about why Israel is failing to maintain psychological deterrence against her Arab enemies. He is an Arab Hebrew-language blogger writing for an Israeli audience. Relevant to this discussion, the new coalition government under Naftali Bennett (the […]
Givara Albudeiri: Pallywood Still Hiring Actors, Not Restricted to Gaza
I have just recently been made aware of Abu Ali Express, an Arab who writes in Hebrew for Israeli readers. I wrote about his questioning the morality of Biden regarding the Saudis and now I am bringing you a set of posts from yesterday (6 June 2021) that are important because of the lies being […]
Israeli NGO ‘Standing Together’ Hits a Home Run for Anti-Zionism
Standing Together got wonderful press and who can object to their famous call: “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies?” But is that what they are really about? The Jerusalem Post wrote positively about the demonstration. Times of Israel wrote about it as if it was a good thing. And the image that graces the […]
Ceasefire? A Slippery Thing when Dealing with Hamas
Browsing Twitter and Facebook shows that most of the world thought Israel was not playing fair during the most recent operation, named Guardian of the Walls, and they pressed for a ceasefire. We have the Iron Dome and bomb shelters and the Gazans only get a knock on the roof or a phone call telling […]
Hamas Tunnels: The “Metro” Infrastructure in all its Glory
The Israeli news site, N12 provided new information attained on the Hamas tunnels within built-up civilian areas, nick-named the “Metro”. This is where donor dollars are going instead of for food, medications, hospitals, education, bomb shelters for the population, and other purposes generally considered essential by sane societies. The tunnel system is one of the […]
Feeling Sorry for Gazan Civilians?
I want to feel sorry for the civilians in Gaza killed either by our missiles (the very few that take innocent civilians along with targetted Hamas leaders or fighters) or by their own missiles that fall short and kill their own. I want to. But right now I find it hard to feel sorry for […]