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May 6, 2026, 10:19 PM

The Hidden Curriculum of Antizionism: What the Slogans Hide

Amit Soussana at the International Women of Courage Award. April 1, 2025. Wikimedia Commons.

The scandal is not what antizionist syllabi teach. It's what they have to hide. In graduate school, the conclusions often arrived before the evidence. The texts were already chosen, the interpretations already implied, and the rooms had a temperature you...

Mar 30, 2026, 5:16 PM

One Word. Total Distortion.

When the label is wrong, everything built on it is wrong. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC0 (public domain dedication).

Stop Discrediting the Name “Palestine” There is a peculiar kind of discomfort that comes from hearing something that is technically wrong—but repeated so often that it begins to sound normal. People with absolute pitch know the feeling when a note is...

Mar 9, 2026, 7:07 AM

The Many Faces of Chud

Depending on the story, the Chud may appear as mysterious inhabitants, underground tunnel dwellers, armed raiders, or hostile outsiders. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC0 (public domain dedication).

From Northern Folklore to the Mediterranean In my earlier article Mediterranean Chud — From Russians to Arabs, From Chud to “Palestinians”, I used the old word Chud as a metaphor. The term has long appeared in Russian and Scandinavian sources,...

Mar 7, 2026, 1:11 AM

Names and Narratives

The Rhodesia–Zimbabwe analogy shows how a geographic name can become a political identity and a national project. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

How Semantics Fueled Decades of Confusion Much of the global discussion about the Israel–Palestine conflict begins with a quiet assumption: that two distinct places exist — Israel and Palestine — and that the problem is how to divide the land...

Mar 4, 2026, 6:01 PM

Cult Member, Idiot, or Monster: What’s Your Excuse for Genocide?

By Author, Kile Jones 2025. Free to share.

UN Rapporteur Albanese once reported that "Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza is at an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler colonial process of erasure." The day after October 7, then Assembly Member Mamdani said, "I will always be clear...

Feb 27, 2026, 7:42 AM

Subsidizing Division?

Lt. Col. Ella Waweya (right) with IDF Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin and outgoing Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee. February 2026. Image © IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

If Israel Funded a Parallel “Arab Palestinian” Identity, It Funded Its Own Fracture A recent article titled “Exposé: Israel Invested Millions in Boosting Palestinian Identity of Its Arab Citizens” alleges that state funds were used to strengthen a separate Palestinian...

Feb 20, 2026, 11:05 PM

To say that last February 20 was a dark day would be the understatement of the year. It was a dark day that we could see coming, facing inevitable heartbreak that we could try to intellectually imagine yet still not...

Feb 15, 2026, 12:11 PM

Mediterranean Chud

“Don’t sing Russian songs — a Russian will come and say, ‘Russian songs were sung here; this is my land.’” Illustration: Radziwiłł Chronicle miniature (15th century). Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

«Чудь начуди́ла, да Меря намерила…» “Chud played her strange tricks, and Merya took her measure…” — Alexander Blok, 1910 (translation mine) From Russians to Arabs, From Chud to “Palestinians” In my previous article, Arabs Are Those Who Forgot Their Roots, I explored how...

Feb 11, 2026, 9:29 AM

Arabs Are Those Who Forgot Their Roots

Assimilation is river confluence. Individuals can assimilate without disappearing. Peoples cannot. Their identities are erased, and the merging is irreversible. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC0 (public domain dedication).

From Russians to Arabs: How Assimilation Becomes Amnesia and Denial In my previous articles, Arab Identity Laundering and Why Arab Identity Laundering?, I described a curious shift: the word Arab has quietly become a liability, particularly among UNRWA registrants. In its...

Chaim Frankenhuis

Feb 4, 2026, 9:00 PM

Humanitarian Aid or Weapons Cache?

IDF discovers mortars and rockets hidden in UNRWA-labelled aid in southern Gaza, February 3 2026. (IDF)

IDF Uncovers Mortars and Rockets Hidden in UNRWA Aid in Southern Gaza Yesterday, the IDF released footage showing a disturbing discovery in southern Gaza: 110 mortar shells, several rockets, and additional weapons concealed inside blankets and UNRWA-branded humanitarian aid sacks,...

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