Ummm this seems problematic… @JoshuaSteinman

Decolonization is the dumbest position and always comes down to picking some arbitrary date in time when the "rightful" owners of the land temporarily had possession of it. e.g. Neanderthals were the original inhabitants of Israel and they were actually genocided. Do we give the land to those with the most Neanderthal DNA today? Seems like they have as much right as anyone not currently living there.

A few days ago, I spoke on a panel in Heidelberg, Germany. The event was about how to reduce the violence Palestinians are living through and how to deal with the injustices we continue to face. I came with other Palestinians who live in Palestine and took the time to come to Germany for it. Instead of listening, a group of students from the Pro-palestine movement at Heidelberg University showed up to shut us down. Before the panel even started, they handed out fake flyers that looked like our event materials. But instead of our message, the flyers urged people to boycott the event. Then the same students came in and tried to derail the discussion. During the Q&A, they accused me of being a “Zionist” and a “collaborator,” throwing around labels based on whether I fit their checklist. Then they walked out and started protesting outside. In the past, our cause was hijacked by Pan-Arabism. Palestine became a symbol for Arab regimes, but actual Palestinians were ignored or used. Now, something similar is happening again; this time, it’s coming from a different direction. Today, we’re being hijacked by what I’d call Pan-Leftism. These ideas spread across Western activist spaces over time but, during the Obama & Biden years, went mainstream. Obama may not have invented these ideas, but his administration helped make them dominant through global NGO networks, academic partnerships, and media coverage. Now, huge parts of the Western left, along with their local followers, push two fixed demands on Palestinians: full boycott of anything connected to Israel, academic, cultural, and economic, and full support for armed resistance. These may not always be mainstream ideas. They became that during and after the Obama years. And now if you question them, you're accused of betrayal. You’re told you’re not a “real” Palestinian. That’s what happened in Heidelberg. A group of university students, who live in comfort and security, thought they knew better than Palestinians actually living there. But here’s the truth: we’ve tried armed resistance for decades. Morally, it’s been used by some militias to attack and massacre civilians. Strategically, it’s failed. It has brought more destruction, more loss, and no real gains. We are the ones who live through this. And when we try to speak honestly about it, when we look for alternatives that might reduce suffering, we are shouted down, not by our "enemies," but by people claiming to be on our side.

The only way to be successful in VC is to be contrarian. Pretty much everyone agrees.

Today I entered Gaza again to report on the situation of humanitarian aid distribution. What I saw was shocking — hundreds of palettes of perishable aid sitting in the hot sun waiting for the UN to distribute. Since last week, the IDF has attempted to fast track more aid into the Gaza Strip through airdrops, pauses in fighting, humanitarian corridors, and opening additional aid crossings. Over 5,000 trucks have entered Gaza since May 19th, and four crossing are now being used, though many of the UN’s trucks have been violently looted by Hamas or other Gaza gangs. The situation is precarious, but with thousands of tons of aid just waiting for delivery, it’s clear that Israel is not the obstacle to getting aid into Gaza.

Exotic matter energetics.

This is what starvation — and trauma — looks like The reality is that Hamas has been responsible for both of these things for both the people of Gaza and the hostages since October 7th When the West falls for Hamas’ lies, both Palestinians and Israelis suffer

on my 26th birthday, i wrote I Took A Pill in Ibiza...11 years ago. The song became popular several years after i wrote it. This year I celebrated my 37th birthday. I feel proud to look at the song lyrics and know that NONE of them are true anymore. I've grown into a completely new man...one that i'm proud of. check this out...