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Review: ‘Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine’
This is an intriguing work of historical writing. For the parameters that it has set itself, it succeeds. …
Review: Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman
Jeremy Hammond makes it very clear that free markets are what we do not have. His arguments along with Ron Paul’s consistent correct view of what the market manipulations will…
Review: ‘The Balfour Declaration: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict’
This is the best that academic political history gets. …
John Baird: in defense of ‘what is right’
A recent interview on al-Jazeera (posted March 31, 2012) with John Baird, Canada’s minister of Foreign Affairs did nothing to change the image of Canada that is tending to be…
Review: Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping
The Truth May Hurt gives a good introduction into the real world of Canadian politics. Its narrow focus on Lester Pearson, often touted as Canada’s pre-eminent peace-keeper, reveals many areas…
Review: The Politics of Teaching Palestine to Americans
This is a powerfully written work, valuable in its own right as a source book, and within that offering many ideas and resources for those wishing to provide more information…
Review: The Unmaking of Israel
“The Unmaking of Israel” is a well worthwhile study in current political thought in Israel from the Jewish perspective looking for a fair, equitable, and democratic state, alongside the same…
Review: Beyond Tribal Loyalties
This is a wonderful work of human emotional effort and physical presence to overcome layers of prejudice, lies, and mythology. …
Review: The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders
“The Palestinian Arab In/Outsiders” is an apparently comprehensive textbook on the newspapers and journals published in Palestine, and more specifically after the nakba, within the Israeli green line.…
Review: The Anatomy of Israel’s Survival
For all my criticisms of the work, it is engagingly written and may be fairly indicative of the general Israeli academic mindset at this point in time.…
Review of ‘Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work’
Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work. Belen Fernandez. Verso Books, London/New York, 2011. Thomas Friedman is a writer whom I have avoided reading over the past several years, mainly due…
Book Review: Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights
Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights: Diaspora Jewish Opposition to Israel. David Landy. Z Books, London/New York, 2011. The mainstream media does not cover this kind of topic and only hints…
Look out World (Especially the Islamic world): Here Comes Canada!
Wow! Glorious and Free! That’s Canada, thanks to our courageous and brave military warriors who defeated the nasty Gaddafi despot. Even before the ceremonial proceedings that were televised live in…
Canada’s Halifax International Security Forum: Self-Promoting Interests
I did not catch as much of this forum as I would have liked, but if what I saw was indicative of the whole affair, then it was mainly a…
Non-Violence Does Not Have to Be Passive
I have just watched the video of the University of California students at Davis against the heavily armed police that is becoming prominent on many internet sites, and I am…
Chris Hedges: A Man of Our Times
I am sure I have come across Chris Hedges’ name before, and perhaps read some of his material, but never has the connection been so strong as now. With the…
Book Review: ‘The Longest War’ by Peter L. Bergen
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda. Peter L. Bergen. Free Press, New York, 2011. Writing history is a matter of placing points in time as bookends…
Moral Bankruptcy: Will U.S. Veto Palestine?
This week at the UN—if the U.S. push to disable the process does not succeed—a vote will be taken on Palestinian statehood. The U.S. has already stated that it will…
Book Review: Refusing to be Enemies
Refusing to be Enemies: Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation. Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta. Ithaca Press (Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK), 2011. Israel has always indicated that there is no…
Book Review: Fast Times in Palestine
Fast Times in Palestine. Pamela J. Olson. Mason Hill Press, New York, 2011. What can I say about such a well written book that has not already been said: well…
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a free bird: The Nakba: 2012
