https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/shoot-maim-how-israel-created-generation-crutches-gaza Two days ago, the London-based news outlet published an article highlighting the thousands of Palestinians that have been injured during the Great March of Return. They found that there was an increasing occurrence of when peaceful protesters are shot in the lower limb, essentially creating a generation of disabled youth. A United Nations inquiry … Continue reading Middle East Eye: Israel’s Policy of Shooting to Maim
Month: March 2019
It Feels So Good To Be Understood: My 16Personalities Result
Arissa Jemaima, you are "The Commander" - you will find a way ... or make one. When the quiz started to explain why I got what I got, it answered some of the questions I've had for a long time, and for sure, it feels good, but this post is more for me, than it … Continue reading It Feels So Good To Be Understood: My 16Personalities Result
What Donald Trump’s Recognition of Israeli’s Sovereignty over Golan Heights Could Mean for Palestine
I felt an unrest anger when I was building up this post, looking through the many published articles about Donald Trump recognising the Golan Heights, especially if it was being reported from an American media. They've never shied away from manipulating the news to one that always favours Israel, when in almost all instances, the … Continue reading What Donald Trump’s Recognition of Israeli’s Sovereignty over Golan Heights Could Mean for Palestine
“Establish Their [Zionist] State in Europe … and We Will Support It”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad served as the sixth president of Iran, from 2005 - 2013. The politician and statesman was of Persian descent, and came from a poor background of teaching and engineering. He was brought up with strict religious values - one that he held true during his presidency, by reversing reforms and showing hostility towards … Continue reading “Establish Their [Zionist] State in Europe … and We Will Support It”
America in Guatemala
Iran and Guatemala were very similar cases, in the sense where there was a foreign company present on their lands that dominated the whole economy and resources of those countries. (http://crisissome.blogspot.com/2015/06/united-fruit-company.html) In Guatemala, the resource was bananas, and the company was the United Fruits Company. A uniquely powerful company based from the US, the UFC … Continue reading America in Guatemala
The Fall of Iranian Democracy
What happened in Iran is similar to what happened in many other countries after World War II. This was partly because of the rhetoric of Franklin Roosevelt of nationalism, self-determination, national development and patriotism, were blowing through Asia, Africa and Latin America. In all of these countries, there was a great desire for people to … Continue reading The Fall of Iranian Democracy
The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks at Camp David
The Six-Day War in June 1967 began as a result of Israeli occupation on Palestinian territories, which caused the conflict between the Israelis in Palestine and their several Arab neighbours. Israel had seized Sinai from Egypt, the Golan Heights from Syria and the West Bank from Jordan, even as their combined armies stood to take … Continue reading The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks at Camp David
The Flying Olives 