Repeat the Lie Often Enough
There are moments when you sit in front of the TV, listening to a news panel, and ask yourself a simple question: “Am I watching a journalistic report or an audition to narrate a propaganda film?”
There are moments when you sit in front of the TV, listening to a news panel, and ask yourself a simple question: “Am I watching a journalistic report or an audition to narrate a propaganda film?”
The Book of Esther is not just a story about a distant past, it is a reminder that dangerous rhetoric can become policy, and that policy can become reality.
Israel is a mirror and Egypt, like many others, does not like what it sees in it.
The title will always sound intellectual, sensitive, balanced…
But inside? Same story, over and over again: Israel is strong, and therefore guilty.
You’re not hungry. You’re sad. Or bored. Or lonely. Or you just watched the news for more than 5 minutes. And yet somehow you’re standing in front of the fridge, staring at a bowl of hummus, and wondering why suddenly the tahini looks like a mom’s hug.
And thus will stand this one against this one the heirs of ancient Persia and the newly established Jewish state; no more tale of royal court and feasting, for if from the dust of might, knowledge and fear, no more a book sealed with feasting and joy, but an open chapter that is still being written.
Wedding shootings are not a given
It is a product of illegal weapons, lax enforcement, and unaddressed norms of power
Why do kindergartens sing about “gender fluidity,” but are forbidden to say “Shema Israel”?
“Arab Christians” is a historical oxymoron. They are not Arabs – they are descendants of the ancient peoples of the Levant who were conquered, Arabized, and pushed into a corner. Some are starting to realize it. Others still live the illusion.
Would this ideology have survived one week in the Middle East – without the accompaniment of an editorial?