The head of the artificial State of “Jordan” recently lifted the curtain on two of the most widely used delusions of modern diplomacy (“diplomacy” which sounds so cultivated is the “color of law” fog of the distraction machine of media programming). King Abdullah, whose family’s actual place of authority is Mecca (that’s another story of British enabling and manipulation of Arab despotism) asserted that the Ahmadinejad regime in Teheran would vanish, as would Al Qaeda and the hatred of Arabs for America and Israel when Israel creates another Arab State with its capital in Jerusalem.

A ‘little birdie’ in DC or Whitehall must have told him… (more…)

16 August 2001 

Eugene Narrett’s second book promises to be as good as his first [Gathered against Jerusalem: Essays on a False Peace]. Israel Awakened is written with rare erudition and insight reflecting the author’s remarkable fusion of thought and feeling. I read the manuscript eagerly with both profit and admiration. Combining elegant prose with substantial knowledge of relevant particulars, Narrett understands that Israel cannot afford business as usual and that the Oslo War has potentially existential consequences for the increasingly imperiled Jewish State. Aware of the inherent limitations of law and agreements, especially with Arab ‘partners,’ he recognizes the barbarism of clichéd ‘wisdom’ and the terrible harms that come from self-delusion. (more…)