Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

I agree. The Thing is that of course, the Israeli guy has already backed away from his 'get elected' rhetoric. so. If he had stuck with his 'one state - Israel' schtick, I think we would have had a legitimate reason for backing off ... as what on earth would we talk about? ... the Peace Process? would be dead for sure, but imo, and I think you too, The Peace Process has been dead for certain ever since likud and bibi have been 'running things' ... I really have no patience with them anymore. I've been reading bunches and I'll tell you and I think you already know .. the younger younger generations have no more patience with them, when they take the power, when it's their turn... If Israel has not changed it's behavior, the kids have no sympathy for them, not at all ...........soon 'most' will be deceased from the Holocaust...the memories fade as there are so many evil people out there now ... .

What I'm trying to get out here is that our younger generation has no sympathy for Israel. They do not believe that the Holocaust is a reason to treat all others in Israel like dirty dogs.... the younger kids all over the world have no loyalties to Israel. I hope I'm living to see at least some of it. The republicans are the only ones still loyal as far as I know ... but all over the world in most ALL other countries they already have lost empathy also ... it's really sad. They did it to themselves .. that is always a 'special burn' .. of course they will never admit it .. ;) none of us do ..... ;) Oh yeah, and they still think they are right! .. .With no apologies, a report was just released and it states that it will take a century to restore Palestine from their last two incursion .. and the Land? what they have done to the Land? ... they are worse than global warming! .. not kidding!

Palestine, (un)Naturally
Israel/Palestine

Steven Salaita on March 18, 2015


killing the olive trees in 2008 .. they started this a long time ago.

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The geography is dry and withered, humid and verdant, rugged and restful—a cacophony, but also an ensemble. It is a panorama of glorious, incessant contradiction. But not everybody can see it. For many, it is a simulation of ideology, a diversion into mythic cultural adventure, an insatiable geopolitical headache, an inaccessible aspiration, or an unsolved mystery. For the apostate and pious alike, it is always in some way holy. It will never be decolonized unless it is first demythologized. Settlement and myth are symbiotic.

Despite its continuous reinvention, we can still speak of Palestine as an actual place, with geologic formations and a climate classification and an observable ecosystem. Those phenomena undergo actual change. Humans physically experience their alteration. Flora live and die by them. Fauna migrate and immigrate to unnatural places.

The cultural history of Palestine’s landscape is also observable. I’ve heard many Palestinians note the visual similarities between their homeland and Los Angeles. Those similarities aren’t an accident. Palm trees are ubiquitous to LA, but none of them is indigenous to the city’s territory. They are an import from Mexico and North Africa to coastal southern California. Early settlers wanted to brand the region. (It explains a lot about the modern city, doesn’t it?) Conceptualizing dry, temperate Los Angeles as a tropical paradise proved farfetched, so they concocted a Mediterranean theme.

MORE__This makes me so angry & so sad I can't tell you! This alone they should go to hell for! it's strong medium piece..just one more heart breaker
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/03/palestine-unnaturally