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The long trek was made longer by deep snow and an icy breeze. After eight hours they’d made it to the agreed location. Before making the...

I’ve been shocked by the response to Israel’s declaration of war and actions in Gaza. Of course, I’m not talking about the masses making...

I almost fell over reading this story in the news this morning: Indonesia enlists help of experts for ICJ Israel case. The Foreign Ministry has assembled a team of experts to help formulate Indonesia’s arguments in an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory case that seeks to hold Israel accountable for its 'policies and practices' in the occupied Palestinian territories. https://www.thejakartapost.com/world/2024/01/16/indonesia-enlists-help-of-experts-for-icj-israel-ca

FADE IN: 1 EXT. BUSY DOWNTOWN STREET - LATE AFTERNOON Walking down a crowded sidewalk on a busy street full of shops and cafes. A man...

A FEW BASIC FACTS AND THINGS I NEVER HEAR Choose the answer that best fits your understanding of the situation If you don't know the...

NO CEASEFIRE November 1st Hamas official Ghazi Hamad stated that Hamas would “repeat the October 7th attacks time and again until Israel...

The strongest arguments I hear about the Palestine-Israel conflict relate to “occupation.” Folks like Dr Munayyer, Dr Knight, and Dr...

“Why does everyone talk about the Arab-Israeli conflict as being difficult?” “Probably because it’s, I dunno, difficult?” “Is it,...

“Well, I mean, the Kurds have never been offered statehood, despite treaties promising such.” “Okay, but that’s the whole world.” “What...

"Can I ask what you're doing here today?" "We're just out supporting the cause." "But I believe that's the flag of Hamas. And the chant...

Someone who has disliked what I’ve been writing lately (someone in great company: a party comprised of my wife and effectively all my...

Those conformists (sometimes known as “academics”) who provide all the cultural, intellectual, and linguistic justifications for murder —...

“Not every German who bought a copy of Mein Kampf  necessarily read it … But it might be argued that had more non-Nazi Germans read it before 1933 and had the foreign statesmen of the world perused it carefully while there was still time, both Germany and the world might have been saved from catastrophe.”

How do you make sense of what’s happening? What I’m seeing are officials, news reporters, and protesters alike quick to demand folks draw a strong distinction between Hamas and Palestine, the people of Palestine and the terrorist wing of Hamas. What we have here are “a few bad apples”, or so they say. But notice this proclamation isn’t anything like a principle the folks offering such believe in or run with in other contexts. In fact, they’re perfectly happy painting whole na

You will be delighted to learn I received much push-back on my last submission. Aside from some interesting comments, I was sent several...

I've heard and seen some wild shit this week. (Though I probably shouldn't, I'll leave out the most insane anti-Semitic noise and...

A true story

EMERGENCIES ACT COMMISSION EDITION This is a special test. It's a learner-centered knowledge assessment in which studying and marking...