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An interesting point of view on Iran and the dynamics surrounding it
September 14, 2012 — xanthippaI stumbled on this channel, CaspianReport, and found it very interesting. Their YouTube page intro says:
Analysis and insight in the culture, history and politics of the world by a group of students based in Azerbaijan.
Interesting, is it not?
Here is their perspective on Iran’s sphere of influence:
Here is their perspective on Iran’s internal dynamics:
Here is their perspective on the current activities of Iran’s proxies:
And here is their perspective on the origins of the Israel Palestinian conflict:
Irish Filmmaker Nicky Larkin tells the truth about Israel…
June 17, 2012 — xanthippaUPDATE: Here are my thoughts on the movie – it sucks!
Brought to you by the Free Thinking Film Society.
Ottawa: 18th of June, 2012, 7 pm, Library & Archives Canada
Montreal: 19th of June, 2012, 7 pm, Chabad of the Town, 4054 rue Jean-Talon Ouest
Toronto: 20th of June, 2012, 7:30 pm, 15 Hove Street * Toronto
For more information on the Montreal and Toronto events, please contact chershon@bnaibrith.ca
About the movie:
‘Irish filmmaker Nicky Larkin went to Israel to make the standard “Israel is Evil” documentary, but had a change of heart once he started filming. Here’s your chance to meet Nicky in person, see his documentary and hear why he changed his mind about Israel.
“Israel is a refuge — but a refuge under siege, a refuge where rockets rain death from the skies. And as I made the effort to empathise, to look at the world through their eyes. I began a new intellectual journey. One that would not be welcome back home.
The problem began when I resolved to come back with a film that showed both sides of the coin. Actually there are many more than two. Which is why my film is called Forty Shades of Grey. But only one side was wanted back in Dublin. My peers expected me to come back with an attack on Israel. No grey areas were acceptable.’
Here is what Vlad Tepes has to say about Nicky Larkin:
‘Here’s a film maker who has chosen to walk a lonely path in Ireland’s artist community, due to his awakening to the truth behind the Arabs’ conflict with Israel, which speaks greatly of his courage and moral compass. He’s been confronted with a reality that runs counter to the one carefully prepared for him by his peers and society at large.
Nicky Larkin not only challenges himself, but his countrymen as well, by sharing this completely different Irish perspective on the conflict. It’s a perspective rarely discussed in Ireland, let alone mulled over, which speaks greatly of the vice-grip hold anti-Israel forces have on that society. Larkin’s efforts offer a ray of hope that rational and reasonable debate on the conflict is indeed possible in Ireland, lets hope that his colleagues take up the challenge.’
There will be a Q&A with the filmmaker following the screening: it promises to be a very interesting evening!
Pat Condell: Useful idiots for Palestine
November 4, 2011 — xanthippaOn a related note, Saudi Prince Khaled Bin Talal puts great value on Jewish lives (Jewish soldiers, that is…)
Pat Condell: The great Palestinian lie
October 6, 2011 — xanthippaI have, for a time, lived in a UN refugee camp – as a refugee. While the physical needs of the refugees are provided for – and I am very, very grateful for that – the UN refugee camps are not designed for a person to be a contributing member of the human race.
Not at all.
They are a place to seek physical shelter from persecution or hardships – a transit point along one’s journey. They are resting place, not a place of permanent settlement. Just a safe rest stop that lets you, the refugee, make arrangements for a productive life elsewhere without worrying about your immediate physical needs.
We, humans, form communities: our social bonds are forged in the back and forth of giving and taking, helping and receiving help. To be a balanced human being, we need to both give and receive. We cannot function properly only giving or only receiving.
My family lived in the UN refugee camp for only 5 months, but even during that short time, I have noted that most adults (especially the men) had begun to undergo some serious identity crises. Being a dependant – and idle – gnawed at them, even though they knew it was a temporary situation until some country checks through their background and decides to accept them as immigrants.
Yet, the UN refugee camps are now seeing the third or fourth generation of Palestinian refugees!
The Palestinian leadership and the agencies which profit from the Palestinian refugee situation are conspiring together to keep the Palestinian people in these camps and dependant on them. For what? A power rush? Shame on them!
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