Recognition requests and changing narratives

Recognition requests and changing narratives

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps undermining Israel’s self-imposed legitimacy by requesting recognition of the Jewish state from the Palestinian leadership, narratives remain involved in dominating and compromising discourse. While Netanyahu...
Moderates are usually creepy sell outs

Moderates are usually creepy sell outs

The letter by Martin Frack on 1 August “Moderate Abbass may be a solution in peace talks” is a shocking reminder of the old South African “moderates” that our Nelson Mandela and others resisted because the word ‘moderate’ usually means a person with no principles and...
What Bradley Manning showed the world about Israel/Palestine

What Bradley Manning showed the world about Israel/Palestine

The trial of military whistleblower Bradley Manning has refocused attention on the revelations about U.S. foreign policy his actions produced. Much ink has been spilled on the headline-making news related to Iraq and Afghanistan that WikiLeaks, the organization...