Let us for a moment put aside our sympathies with what happened to Israelis and is happening to Palestinians after the start of the October War of 2023. Let us just marvel at it. What is now happening before our eyes to Palestinians as they are dehumanised, massacred and, if Israel were to fully have …
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Words of Conflict: Unraveling Rhetoric in the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle
A few days after the raid by Hamas on 7 October, which left 1400 Israeli civilians and military dead, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel was fighting human animals, and further declared Israel would deny Palestinian people electricity, food, water and fuel as it continues its bombardment of Gaza. As the Huffpost put it: “While …
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Israel’s Special Status Debunks the Claim of Unfair Criticism
After the attack by Hamas on 7 October, the ongoing violence has highlighted an undeniable reality: Israel can no longer argue that it is unfairly singled out for criticism. Throughout the years, it has consistently received special attention, robust support, and unwavering protection from Western nations. This was stunningly evident in the swift and unequivocal …
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Wanted: Israeli and Palestinian Concert Pianists
One State Solution: Harmony, Peace, and Prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians, starting with Music In advocating for the one-state solution as the only viable path to lasting peace, we emphasize that the fruits of peace far outweigh the fruits of war. The resources currently wasted on conflict can be redirected toward establishing a single, democratic …
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When Killing is a Big Hit
I recently asked Chat GPT to review an article on the killing of a Palestinian teenager in the Al-Arroub refugee camp in occupied Palestine, aka the West Bank. The focus was on the language used by the Israeli military, describing the youths that soldiers had attacked as “terrorists” and the killing of a youth as …
Why Did a Jewish Filmaker Raised in a Zionist family make “The Tinderbox”?
Many reviews of Anglo-Jewish filmmaker Gillian Mosely’s documentary, The Tinderbox: Israel and Palestine – The Untold Story, highlight that it raises uncomfortable questions, mostly for the pro-Israel camp. (See JW3, Jewish News and various film critic reviews, and a discussion with Mosely at Oxford University Middle East Centre). A fact based, emotionally and politically neutral …
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Airbnb and the Elephant in the Room
Following the announcement by KPMG and Netflix to suspend operations in Russia and Belarus over the attack on Ukraine, the CEO and founder of Airbnb has announced similar measures for the global holiday rental platform. Speaking on the BBC Radio 4 Today program (7 March 2022), Brian Chesky talked of a difficult decision that in …