Tag Archives: gush katif expulsion

remolding the scattered

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dave

There is no question there has been a fragmentation, a near collapse of the relationship between the ruling class of Israel, the secular establishment and all its state sanctioned apparatus of control , the bureaucracy, and the disparate elements that … Continue reading →

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tomorrow belongs to him

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Dave

Yair Lapid is one of these cooked up candidates made to order by the elite of Israel. Everything about him looks like Erev Rav material.Extreme left, secular, atheist, that holds that Jewish identity, even if by injection only, is a … Continue reading →

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corridors of power

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Dave

They needed the labor. So, the arrangement was to create this fictitious identity called religious Zionism , an oxymoron and make them believe they held real power. It a stretch to imagine it, but Netanyahu’s grandfather was a rabbi and … Continue reading →

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brothers and sisters at arms

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Dave

It seems any liberal democratic country needs some group to kick around, vaporize public opinion, and marshall discontentment towards some form of visible minority. Why should israel be excluded from the party when they have jews to kick around as … Continue reading →

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drifters escape

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Dave

To watch these debates between two sides that speak a foreign language to each other. The Peace Now camp links their success to the apparatus of the legal and legislative tools of the nation state. The rule of law and … Continue reading →

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too solitudes: two little too late

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Dave

A Bottle in the Sea of Gaza. Advertised as a pacifist message of hope and reconciliation is based on the two solitudes premise, ostensibly in the film that posits the secular perspective of bridging societies uniting them in the process … Continue reading →

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pouring salt on the dream: land of wine and roses

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dave

Radical Jewish culture. It seems to be the natural habitat of the near geniuses, the brilliant, the firebrands, the authentic rebels and the general shit disturbers motivated by a profound conviction. Come to think of it, Zionism has and will … Continue reading →

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ragged glory

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave

There is something ironic about seeing that video of Danish protesters, unarmed and non-violent getting absolutely smashed silly by riot police and then juxtaposing that footage with the same ugly use of force against illegal Jewish settlers, – breaking secular … Continue reading →

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refusniks

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Dave

Much ado about nothing? Its remarkable how the most ardent critics of Zionism are basically part of the same ideological swamp ; leftist foes of liberal democracy that could not function without stretching the boundaries of the state’s democratic pretext … Continue reading →

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civil disobedience

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Dave

Civil Disobedience? Part of the problem is that they are so unlike us. They are completely removed from nearly all elements of pop culture, yet are part of the technological dissemination applied in a totally different manner, one indifferent to … Continue reading →