Responding to a war crime by committing one doesn’t bring justice, it creates equals. Aiding, abetting or condoning one side merely adds another guilty party. All but the most ardently naïve know that Israel’s vengeance on Gaza will be ferocious. Unless those with the power to make changes start thinking about the aftermath now, it will also be pointless.… Read the rest
Common sense, as defined by the Cambridge Dictionary, is “the basic level or practical knowledge and judgement that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way.”
Sounds clear and simple enough. So why is there such a dearth where it’s really needed?… Read the rest
The sin of racism is almost invariably conjoined with references to its most pernicious offshoots; colonialism, slavery and exploitation. That’s valid until it becomes selective, at which point it speaks ill of we who like to think of ourselves as “right thinking people”, and of those we elect as leaders.… Read the rest
“I’m shocked, shocked, to find that gambling is going on in here.”
The ironic line by the corrupt policeman Louis as he accepts his winnings in ‘Casablanca’, echoes in denials that Israeli intelligence has access to information gathered by users of the Israeli-run NSO Group’s ‘Pegasus’ spyware.
Israel’s spies tap even the most mundane potential sources of intelligence.… Read the rest
The most often quoted definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
So what’s the definition of “doing VARIATIONS of the same thing over and over…etc…” ?
Answer: “Israel versus Hamas”.… Read the rest