how responding to children throwing rocks at armored cars by shooting live rounds/missiles at said children makes any sense whatsoever?
currently reading: Israel-Palestine on Record – How the New York Times Misreports Conflict in the Middle East
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Please tell me
Posted in Middle East, tagged civilians, Israel, Palestine on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Terrorism
Posted in Middle East, tagged Condoleeza Rice, Israel-Palestine, Nelson Mandela, terrorism on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading an International Herald Tribune article today when a particular passage caught my attention. It described U.S.-led peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, and according to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, “neither Israelis nor Palestinians had fully lived up to their obligations. Israel is supposed to end all settlement building and remove [...]
“The Occupied Territories”
Posted in Middle East, tagged critique, Israel, objectivity, occupied territories, Palestine, The Other Israel on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always dangerous to paint something one sole color. People, places, ideas… much, if not all, in life is multifaceted, not one dimensional. With this in mind, I was happy to come across The Other Israel, an anthology of essays written by Israeli journalists, politicians, scholars and others, in a local used bookstore.
The book’s subtitle, [...]
A Trilogy in the Making
Posted in Denmark, Middle East, tagged Brabrand Nord, Cartoon Crisis, Denmark on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The number 15 bus winds through downtown Aarhus, Denmark twice every hour. Looking out the window, one can see the Radhuset, or city hall, numerous banks and even a few 7-Elevens – all the signs of a modern metropolis. Aarhus is, after all, the second largest city in Denmark with almost 300,000 inhabitants.
But if [...]
Learning Nationalism
Posted in Denmark, Middle East, tagged Denmark, immigration, Taxi on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sitting in a taxi on the way home from a night out, I began chatting up the taxi driver. His accent, although thick, didn’t resound with the same almost melodic wish-wash that Scandinavian dialects tend to have. Instead, my driver was from the Middle East – Lebanon to be exact – and while he explained [...]
