Refusing to participate in evilTolstoy's mysticism centered on an ethical, non-dogmatic faith discovered through personal experience and the simple life of the peasantry, leading him to reject established religion, reason alone, and violence in favor of a spiritual life focused... See More » (1)
What is it to be American?Today I was told that I sounded American, that my profile reads American. What is to be American according to this die hard-conservative christian democrate from Europe then? Well, personally, there's this one scene from the movie Giant (1956) that... See More » (1)
In defence of the realDuring a recent trip to Israel, philosopher Alain Finkielkraut strongly criticized the way Israel was conducting the war against Hamas in Gaza. He spoke out against the idea that "there are no innocent civilians in the Palestinian enclave." A view... See More » (1)
How to measure the abuse?Everyone has no-doubt heard of the Israeli respondse to a killing of civilians in Gaza in their one-liner "intentional harm to civilians, especially children, is strictly prohibited". Well, a recent study from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue... See More » (2)
Rather late than neverIn a landmark moment at the UN Conference on the Israel-Palestine Two-State Solution, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy officially announced that the United Kingdom now recognizes the State of Palestine. Every country should now follow. (1)
Sign of the times -1Awdah Hathaleen, the Palestinian who helped make the Oscar-winning No Other Land, was killed yesterday in the West Bank. An attack on the village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bankon was captured on video, which shows the Israeli settler, Yinon Levi,... See More » (1)
The difference between wrong and rightThere's atleast one wrong way to learn from history, and that is to use the mistakes of one empire to justify the deeds of the next. Aaron David Fruh wrote on the blog of The Times of Israel last February: "Relocating Palestinians from the Gaza... See More » (1)
Some pictures don't lieRemember those pictures of Berlin been bombed to bits in 1945? I don't think that the comparison with Gaza eighty years later doesn't hold up. What do you think? (1)
