The ElHayek Family
As we focus on what is happening with Iran and Lebanon, it is important to remember the dire situation Palestinians are in, especially in Gaza.
So I'd like to introduce you to Mahdy Elhayek and his family in Gaza.
Palestine
Review of Pizza Before We Die
The least important part of Pizza Before We Die by Hassan Kanafani is my tiny little contribution to it which is a blurb that you'll find just inside the cover. It was my honour to have read the manuscript before publication and provide a few sentences for endorsement. Long story short, this is a necessary read 5/5 stars. Please, request it at your library, borrow it, buy a copy for yourself and friends, and above all read it, and be inspired by it, to action.
Hasbara strategy 2026
Hillary Clinton, on the 2nd of Dec 2025, at a summit setup by pro Israel billionaire Miriam Adelson, complained about young people getting their news from social media.1
Sarah Hurwitz, former speechwriter for the Obamas offers a solution to this apparent problem by suggesting young Jewish people be prevented from accessing social media until they have been properly groomed to justify unjustifiable Israeli war crimes.2
Self identified Zionist Bari Weiss, now head of CBS news, wants to define the lines of acceptable debate in politics.3
All three obviously want to control what people are allowed to see and say, but what message do they want to allow in their stated desire to shift public opinion back towards being pro the genocidal apartheid Zionist state of Israel.
Bari Weiss failing up
Bari Weis is a self identified proud Zionist1. She came to prominence over two decades ago when, in 2004 she attempted to silence Anti-Zionist professors at Columbia University, obviously prioritizing Zionism over free speech there.2
Canada under Mark Carney
Canada, under the Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, has become a debased and humiliated nation here in 2025. It gives me no joy in saying this as I voted for my local Liberal candidate Adam van Koverden. Even knocked doors for him. He's been a massive disappointment ever since as well.
Hurwitz has a way with words
It honestly makes a lot of sense that Sarah Hurwitz, former senior speechwriter for the Obamas, has been able to build a career out of her writing, while I, despite being roughly the same age, have only published one book (appreciate any support for my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon"). And this is because she is an incredible writer. I say this as...
Local Politics
In life, either you win, or you get something to work on and we, here in Milton Ontario, have a lot of work to do.
Mamdani's speech
In Zohran Mamdani's remarkable speech on the 24th of October 2025 the candidate for the mayor of New York city brought to bear the rigour of his academic father to understand and define a pressing problem and the artistry of his filmmaker mother to, in less than 10 minutes, communicate it.1 Which is not only the reality of Islamophobia...
No real change
It is surprising how little has changed in the world's first livestreamed genocide despite the loud proclamations of 'ceasefires' on the 10th of October 20251 and a 'peace summit' on the 13th2.
Blatant Israeli evil
I saw a video of a Palestinian man released from Israeli torture who found out that his family had been murdered by Israel. He was besides himself with grief; the small little gift he had made for his daughter now useless.1