Israel faces a reckoning of meaning
Today Israel faces a reckoning of meaning. As a self-styled democracy whose ethical claims may have never been the intent, its credibility is exposed by its deeds toward Palestinians and others living under its effective control. A prolonged occupation without a political horizon, differentiated regimes of law, restrictions on movement, land appropriation, and the routinization of collective punishment have transformed what was once argued as a temporary necessity into a durable system of domination.
Western Structural Genocide
Each calamity instigated by Western powers — from wars to sanctions to occupations — has produced a series of mini-Holocausts: dispersed, systematic, and devastating. Taken together, these tragedies form a continuum of structural violence, echoing the ideological and human logic of past genocides.
Jan 27th: Elevating the Past, Ignoring the Present
To call attention to semantics, whether one says “Holocaust” or “Genocide,” may illuminate intellectual precision, but it cannot restore lives or erase suffering; the human loss is the same.
The West, Empire, and the Dynamics of Contemporary Intervention
The peaceful protests that emerged in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar in response to severe economic hardships sit at the intersection of long-standing external factors, first and foremost a regime of sanctions entrenched over time. A real, structural internal discontent, which together explain their origin and intensification.
The Frontlines of Inequality
War, when filtered through history, often functions less as a clash of nations than as a mechanism of social sorting. History warns: wars rarely strike societies evenly. Economic desperation, structural inequality, and cultural prejudice ensure that the cost falls disproportionately on the marginalized.
I Lament
And I lament most of all the final metamorphosis: the exile of the soul. For when a people forsake the grief of others, they forsake themselves.
The Voice that Will Not Be Silenced
The modern world likes to believe it has left the age of conquest behind. Yet, despite the intricate machinery of law and diplomacy, entire peoples still live without protection. The promises of the United Nations, repeated in the language of resolutions and cease-fires, have become a ritual of impotence.
My City Will Rise again: Daring and Brilliant
In the fractured silence of Gaza, where buildings fall faster than they are built, a child watched a donkey pass by…
In God We Trust: the Conqueror’s Creed
“In God We Trust.” It is repeated in speeches, printed on currency, and etched into the walls of courthouses as if it were the eternal creed of the nation. But few pause to ask: Which God? And why this God?
Lines We Cannot See
The recent implementation of protest-free “bubble zones” around sensitive sites, and the longstanding presence of the eruv in Jewish communities, both participate in a re-symbolization of urban space. Though their aims differ, they share a subliminal power to displace.
