On February 26, I was in New York City arguing the negative to the debate resolution “The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians’ rejection of Israel’s right to exist.” I argued that the root cause was rather the rejection of Palestinians’...
On February 26, I was in New York City to participate in a Soho Forum debate with journalist Eli Lake, who took up the affirmative position to the debate resolution “The root cause of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinians’ rejection of Israel’s right to...
I joined host Mike Leavitt for a second time on his podcast And If Love Remains to delve further into the Israel-Palestine conflict, and we also discussed the topics of 9/11, the Iraq War, the Federal Reserve, COVID‑19, and vaccines. In his description for the show,...
I was recently interviewed by economist and author Saifedean Ammous for The Bitcoin Standard Podcast to exchange knowledge about the history of Palestine and Israel. We dispelled pervasive myths and set the historical record straight about the origins of the...
IntroductionThe Drafting of the Balfour DeclarationBritain’s Belligerent Occupation of PalestineAnti-Zionism Is Not Anti-SemitismThe Myth of the UN Creation of IsraelThe Violent Legacy of the Balfour Declaration Introduction It was 106 years ago today that Great...
I joined Bretigne Shaffer once again on her podcast podcast What Then Must We Do?, this time to discuss the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, Israel’s retaliatory war crimes in Gaza, the origins and root causes of the conflict between Israelis and...
I was invited onto the Tom Woods Show to debate the critically important topic of Israel’s ongoing military assault on the Gaza Strip with Alan Futerman, who argued in favor of the debate resolution that “Israel is justified in doing ‘whatever it takes’ to ‘completely...
Another major round of violence between Israelis and Palestinians was making headlines again this month. Israel sought to illegally expel Palestinians from the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in occupied East Jerusalem, resulting in protests that Israel tried to put...
I recently joined Nate the Voluntaryist on his podcast to discuss the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. I debunked myths and explained the true origins of the conflict, the reasons for its perpetuation, and what must be done in order for a just peace to be...
Introduction“Myth” #1: “Israel illegally stole land from the Palestinians”“Myth” #2: “The surrounding Arab nations actually want to create a Palestinian state”“Myth” #3: “The Arab nations want to solve the refugee crisis”“Myth” #4: “UN efforts are helping to solve the...
On August 31, the US government let the world know that it would not be releasing $60 million pledged to fund the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which is mandated to provide development and humanitarian services to Palestinian refugees, and that no further...
Key members of the team chosen by US President Donald Trump to revive the effectively defunct “peace process” have written an op-ed in the Washington Post backing Israel’s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip. Trump’s son-in-law and...
Last week, I posted about an interview I gave to Press TV, and how the video they produced from my interview so grossly distorted my message that it communicated the literal opposite of what I’d actually said. I confronted Press TV about it, and they...
There are countless popular myths that dominate the mainstream discourse about the Palestine conflict today. The propagation of these myths serves to sustain the status quo of injustice and oppression. In this interview with Mance Rayder, I systematically dismantle...
IntroductionThe US Role in the Israeli-Palestinian ConflictThe Mainstream Media’s ComplicityWhat Hope for Peace?The Role of the Palestinian AuthorityA Global Intifada Introduction Twelve years ago today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an...
Isabel Kershner in the New York Times hails that Israel’s efforts to desalinate Mediterranean seawater have helped it to overcome water shortages. She goes on about how the poor Israelis are heavily taxed for consuming water for their swimming pools or their nice...
An Israeli soldier named David Adamov is seen shoving an unarmed Palestinian teenager and then cocking his gun and pointing it at the teen and his companion, threatening to kill the second youth for videotaping the incident. This incident has received attention...
I’ve commented a couple times before about the controversy over Scarlett Johansson quitting her role as human rights ambassador for Oxfam to take a job as the new face of SodaStream, which has a factor in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Now she...
I recently posted about the controversy surrounding actress Scarlett Johansson’s role as the new face of SodaStream, which operates a factory in the illegally-constructed West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim. In that post, I wrote that “companies like...
Scarlett Johansson has issued a statement in response to criticisms of her being the new face of the Israeli company SodaStream, which operates in the West Bank. She basically regurgitated the company’s own PR, saying it is not only committed to the environment...