los ziongeles

driving down ventura boulevard today, which is the main street near my grandma’s house, i was bombarded with cartoon images of what dear ayah calls the “fizz fizz” (personally i prefer the image that kabobfest posted last week of a fizz fizz being chased down the street). these images line a few miles with these [...]

on palestinian livelihood and land (and those who destroy both)

yesterday on al jazeera nour odeh reported on zaytoun olive oil, a fair trade palestinian olive oil company that is exported to the west. buying palestinian olive oil is an important way to buycott, meaning making conscious choices not to support major companies that support the zionist entity while also supporting palestinians here is her [...]

don’t ask, don’t tell: aka the zionist entity’s nuclear arsenal

this week in ha’aretz there was an article in response to the obama administration’s nuclear non-proliferation treaty. read carefully in the quoted paragraphs below to see how they couch their language so as not to admit that the zionist entity has a nuclear arsenal, though the world knows they do (also click on the link [...]

on the crimes of apartheid

i posted yesterday my dear friend nora’s interview with another friend of ours hazem jamjoum on her show flashpoints in audio form. i decided to spend today transcribing the interview because it is so amazing and important. hazem is amazing at speaking–and for sure it’s better to listen to the interview–but i think there is [...]

on the criminals who escape prosecution

there was some really disturbing reporting on the situation of the tamils in sri lanka the past few days. here is an update from david chater on al jazeera: i wish that al jazeera posted not only their reports in the field, but also the discussions that follow the reports live in the studio. because [...]

when the war criminals are also the judge & jury

check out these two reports from al jazeera on the plight of tamils in sri lanka. the first is by imran khan and the second by harry fawcett. it is striking how much the situation of tamils trapped under the shelling of the sri lankan army looks just like palestinians in gaza trapped by the [...]

on strange bedfellows

there has been a very interesting war of words brewing on twitter the past couple days, which began in response to the egyptian regime’s crackdown on resistance against the zionist entity. what began as a war of words between the moral and just hassan nasrallah and the american-zionist tool hosni mubarak has been replicating itself [...]

specters of the past, omens for the future

an op-ed in the new york times this week, which was only posted online (it was not printed in the newspaper itself), by roger cohen highlights some important hypocrisies in the u.s. media and in american foreign policy. particularly significant is the discussion of the zionist entity’s hypocrisy when it comes to its nuclear arsenal [...]

dividing and ruling until there is no one left to divide, nothing left to rule

more and more in my daily life here, my conversations with students and friends, and my observation of the political situation around me that if something is not done soon, if there is not significant unity (among the people, i mean, not in terms of political parties that meet no one’s needs) and resistance palestinians [...]

the west bank does not = palestine (just a very small, diminishing part of it)

as soon as i turned on my computer after school today i saw this tweet from @avinunu: Ding dong the 2- state solution is dead! Rub your eyes get out of bed! Ding dong the wicked 2-state solution is dead! #Israel #Netanyahu no, it is not an april fool’s joke. but this is the thinking [...]