Category: The Middle East
Having just finished a book that extols the virtue of harmonizing right-wing elements of Protestant and Roman Catholic Christianity (see http://tinyurl.com/b3levz and http://tinyurl.com/ahashg), I found the following Fisk commentary on papal perspective most interesting. And more than a bit alarming… http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fiskrsquos-world-examine-the-popes-words-and-theres-only-one-thing-to-conclude-1634266.html and/or ttp://tinyurl.com/avwuz3 Fisk’s last paragraph And what do I make of all this? Well, I don’t think the …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/02/28/all-along-the-watchtower/
Since this movie has been much talked about, on this list and among Oscar buzzers, today’s review by Gideon Levy in Haaretz offers a perspective I’ve not seen elsewhere: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065552.html “…the film is infuriating, disturbing, outrageous and deceptive. It deserves an Oscar for the illustrations and animation – but a badge of shame for its …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/02/21/gideon-levy-waltz-with-bashir/
There’s a piece in the “On Faith” section of today’s Washington Post, where John Hagee proclaims his hopes and concerns for Obama. Of course, he includes this bit of bovine excrement: “When it comes to our ally Israel, one of my chief concerns…” To which I posted the following comment: The dirty little secret about …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/01/27/yelling-at-my-computer/
Something I have not seen or heard discussed during the rape of Gaza or its prologue… Haven’t there been all kinds of funds and research expended on anti-missile technologies? Weren’t American systems installed in Israel? Why, after years of harassment by the pea-shooters of Hamas, and the rockets of Hezbollah and Saddam before them, hasn’t …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/01/24/a-question/
Near the end of Obama’s inaugural address was this stirring rhetoric: “To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect. To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict or blame their society’s ills on the West, know that your people will judge you on …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/01/20/lest-we-forget/
Friends, Yesterday, Al Staggs sent me the poem-prayer below; he has today given permission to share it so please feel free to pass it along. Al is a former pastor and presently a performer and a poet. He is probably best known for his portrayals of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Clarence Jordan and just recently published a book …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/01/08/a-prayer-for-israel/
Interesting poem by Sean O’Brien, written in response to the latest phase of conflict between Israel and Hamas: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/katyusha-gaza-israel-poem-sean-obrien …about the poem: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/02/poet-sean-obrien-writes-gaza-poem And, in an op-ed piece titled “Inheriting Bush’s blinkers” by Ali Abunimah (co-founder of “The Electronic Intifada” and author of “One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse”), the writer suggests …
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Permanent link to this article: https://levantium.com/2009/01/02/1-of-2-katyusha-katyusha/
