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BY TOPIC: Israeli occupation

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“The Occupation of the American Mind” documentary looks at Israel’s public relations war in the USA

“The Occupation of the American Mind” documentary looks at Israel’s public relations war in the USA

by | September 22, 2017 | Documentaries

Over the past few years, Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world — except the United States. The Occupation of the American Mind takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.


‘The Two-State Delusion,’ a well-researched but mistitled saga of a failed peace process [Book Review]

‘The Two-State Delusion,’ a well-researched but mistitled saga of a failed peace process [Book Review]

by | December 3, 2016 | Books, Sam's Writings

University of Massachusetts Boston professor Padraig O’Malley’s The Two-State Delusion’s title suggests that there is something paradoxical in persevering with a proposed solution of two states, Israel and Palestine, as a way forward; the thrust of the historical accounts and the arguments made, however, are actually geared more toward convincing the reader that what failed is the process rather than the two-state paradigm itself, which has never yet been tested. A more accurate title would have been “Eulogy for a U.S.-Monopolized Peace Process.”