A Palestinian on the Israeli Occupation: The biggest lie ever told.
This is what we want to hear. The charismatic Mohammad Massad, former terrorist, talks with passion about wanting to live together with the Jews. Has anyone ever spoken like this before? We have heard about Jews and Palestinian Arabs going to each other’s family life cycle events and being friends, but has anyone really spoken […]
When the Israeli ‘Occupation’ is a Convenient Excuse
This is Part III of the critique of an article that seeks to glorify women’s resistance movements in the Middle East and in the process tells lies about Israel. The article is called Middle Eastern Women between Oppression and Resistance: Case Studies of Iraqi, Palestinian and Kurdish Women of Turkey; it was written by Khodary, […]
New Book Contends Well With Old Accusation Against Israel (Without Taking Sides)
Is Israel stealing land from Palestinian Arabs? Martin Blecher, author of the soon-to-be published book, Israeli Settlements: Land Politics beyond the Geneva Convention, suggests that what one asks about an issue is key to understanding it and that this seemingly simple question is actually made up of a number of questions. Whether or not Israel […]
US Army Goes Academic With Stupid (Hopefully Not Dangerous) Results
Everyone wants to be a hero and solve the “Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”. What do you get when an American army officer writes a semi-academic paper recommending strategy for continuing the training of the Palestinian Security Forces thinking that will solve the problem? Let me show you what you get. As part of the US Army War […]
Jews Are From Mars . . . Or Perhaps From Ross 128
Well, not really Ross 128 itself, because Ross 128 is a star. Like our own sun, it is a star that has a planet near it that looks habitable. Astronomers have not yet named Ross 128’s nearby, possibly-habitable-planet. But since Mars does not seem to be able to sustain human life, then let us assume […]
Palestinian Authority Arrests Human Rights Activist – Must Be Israel’s Fault!
Amnesty International, not a friend of Israel by any means, reported clearly and simply on the arrest of Issa Amro of Hebron. Then along come other news websites that embellish the story, most in a way that makes it seem like Israel is to blame for the Palestinian Authority (PA) having taken him into custody. […]
How To Sneak Propaganda Into An Academic Psychology Article
I did not expect to find propaganda in the respected Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma; therefore, it was with great curiousity that I began to read an article describing a peer group supervision programme for mental health professionals working with traumatized adolescents in the Palestinian Authority (PA). The article’s title, itself: Case Study Quasi-Qualitative Analysis […]
The Oslo Israeli-OCCUPATION Accords
Those who regard Israel as occupying the West Bank (Judea & Samaria) should reconsider the issue in view of the way they regard legally binding contracts. All countries have legal ages of majority, the age at which an individual can sign a legally binding contract. In the USA, for example, contracts can only be signed […]
Ron Huldai Does Not Understand ‘Occupation’
Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai made disparaging remarks concerning Israel’s part in causing the Arabs to kill us. Ilana Dayan interviewed Huldai after the terror attack at a Sarona restaurant that took the lives of 4 and injured over 10 others and Huldai used the air time to cause serious damage to the country I […]