KABOBfest

Danger of Unilateral Palestinian Statehood

Ever since the flailing collaborationist authority in Ramallah began seriously floating the idea of unilaterally declaring Palestinian statehood in the West Bank and Gaza, I've been meaning to write a post on what this would mean for the Palestinian struggle for justice. Such a declaration would do away with the final ...

Guess What Country?

Check out these pictures of the Israeli President touring in an Arab country to give you hints...Those were taken in a local market where the special guest mingled with the locals here are ten clues about this Arabic country that the Israeli President was visiting: ] 1-This country is tiny, but is ...

Guest Post: Let’s Keep Our Eyes on the Ball

By Mohamad The following piece was written prior to the final game between Egypt and Algeria, in which Algeria came out as victorious. It was written by a Montreal-based activist and writer. It seems there's so much in common between Algeria and Egypt: they're both Arab, predominantly Muslim countries; they both have ...

Screwed! Or How I Gave Hamas a Headache

I am finally back in the States and it is good to be back. I got out after spending four months and change trapped in Gaza. The world community has punished (rewarded is a better term) Hamas government with an embargo on this narrow Strip. This siege is really brutal ...

A Gaza Bachelor Party (Videos)

With very few fun places to visit, a sky high unemployment, and too many lost dreams and broken promises, the young people of Gaza do not let all that stop them from having a jolly time. Obviously Gaza does not have night clubs, and the folks who want to get ...

The 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, by Steve Bell

And another good article from a wave cropping up about the total failure of the two-state vision.

“There’s something rotten in the State of Israel” (Bilad Al-Sham Act 1, Scene 4, Line 99)

The more I think about Bibi Netanyahu and the State of Israel, the more I realize how true Marcellus was when he told Horatio that “there’s something rotten,” but this time, not in Denmark. In the space of less than seven days, the Israeli Prime Minister has expressed a verbal interest ...

Israel, the New York Yankees of Countries

I know very little about baseball. What I do know is that the clubs have no limits on their budgets, which like international relations, lets the wealthy ones beat the poorer ones up most of the time. The richest of the teams is the World Series champion New York Yankees. One ...

When Abu Mazen’s Fed Up

Assuming Abu Mazen's not bluffing about this threat to drop out of politics: I wonder if his departure would cause any regrets for President Obama. I am thinking of something on par with a fellow Chicagoan, R Kelly's, song about an abused partner who left after one too many violations ...

The Gaza Experience: High School Uniforms

I headed to the Beit Lahia High School to pick my video camcorder from my nephew Ahmad who has been using it to film sport activities at his school. I rode on my Cousin Mohammad’s scooter where he drove us through the narrow streets. As we entered the high school, ...