It's time for another round up of useful readings on the ever deepening and ever widening conflict playing out in the Middle East, the latest phase of which was triggered by the Hamas incursion from occupied Gaza into Israel on October 7th. An incursion and a subsequent response from Israel that has sparked off what can best be described as an unthinking tribalism as people fall into the trap of 'taking sides' without applying any critical filters regarding the 'side' they're taking. An unthinking tribalism that has pretty much finished off what some thought was an emerging 'freedom' movement which I wrote about in this piece:
Oct 27, 2023·edited Oct 27, 2023Liked by The Stirrer
I can't help feeling - and it's something I've been pondering since 2020 - that there's a rush to hasten the demise of the West. Policy is so blatantly and persistently suicidal. Thanks for the links.
I can't help feeling - and it's something I've been pondering since 2020 - that there's a rush to hasten the demise of the West. Policy is so blatantly and persistently suicidal. Thanks for the links.