Israel in Gaza: why now, and why so bloody

What we have, then, is the ultimate in double-speak: hawks talking tough, but doing nothing, ‘doves’ claiming to practice mere self-defense, but in fact proving just how blood-soaked they’re willing to become to win over an angry, traumatized population…This moral tragedy is the result of an enduring, ill-adapted identity politics stemming from the European nationalism, and indigenous response, of the 19th and 20th centuries. At this human price, it seems high time for a change.

Why we need a generation of systems-thinkers

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Massive Israeli air raids on Gaza
Hamas cannot be ‘defeated’ by bombing population centres. This fosters the rage that fuels the Islamist-resistance discourse to begin with. (Skeptics may wish to refer to the fallout of Israel vs. Hezbollah 2006.) Now, Hezbollah is more popular than ever in Lebanon, even amongst [...]

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As a perennial student, i’ve managed to develop an incredible knack for procrastination. It doesn’t feel wrong—whatever it is i’m reading, watching or investigating always seems important at the time. But alas, work it’s not. And i actually enjoy my work, so i wouldn’t mind doing a little more of it.
Hence this blog.
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