Last week a Spanish court opened a war crimes investigation into the Shehada bombing incident. Ehud Barak said “Anybody calling the liquidation of a terrorist a ‘crime against humanity’ is living in an upside-down world.” But of course, the investigation is not about the killing of Shehada himself. The investigation is about dropping a one [...]
For me, one of the most frustrating aspects of human nature is how people seem so willing to believe the lies of politicians. Even worse, is the gullibility vis-a-vis the lies of military men. Somehow the site of a uniform seems to cause all normal mental functioning to shut down. But most frustrating of all, [...]
I suppose on weekends I have more time to write. So here is something I’ve been thinking about all week, which I finally had time to “put down on paper.” Speaking of equivalence, anyone who has a good twenty-first century equivalent to that expression, let me know.
Here is the Eleventh edition of the Newspeak dictionary, courtesy of the government of Israel.
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As I read the litany of excuses coming out of the Israeli goverment and army over the bombing in Gaza, I am once again reminded of how accurately George Orwell described the behavior of all authoritarian governments and institutions. These assume that their audience is stupid and forgetful, which allows them to make proclimations about [...]
[For a more general discussion of this issue, see this feature article]. Israelis and many diaspora Jews, often justify the most brutal actions of the Israeli government and army by pointing to the suicide bombings perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists. The latter are used to justify the most heinous acts on the part of Israel. There [...]