Tag Archives: Palestine
Sheffield Biblical Studies comments on The Tel es-Safi (“Gath”) Excavation: “Apparent purity of motive does not override structural problems”
Sheffield Biblical Studies has commented on the deep rooted ideological issues relating to the archaeological site Tel es-Safi (“Gath”) and the removal of Palestinians from there in 1948. This follows a disappointingly dismissive response by Tel es-Safi archaeologist Aren Maeir to … Continue reading
Filed under Archaeology, War, Violence & Business
Jewish-American rock band JudaBlue sets David and Goliath to music: Violence at its Absolute Level
With their earnest rock song, “Falling”, US rock band JudaBlue might well be mistaken for any number of groups in the CCM scene. However, it’s not Jesus they’re praising, it’s HaShem (for the uninitiated or merely impious, that’s “Yahweh”, the god of Israel). “Falling” retells the biblical … Continue reading
Filed under 1 Samuel 17, Goliath, Music
Dancing on “The Tomb of Caleb” – The Facts Under the Ground
According to Numbers 13-14, Moses sent a group of spies to spy out the promised land. The spies returned to the whole assembly of Israel, and discouraged them from entering into the land, claiming that they had seen giants there. But Caleb, … Continue reading
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Captain Israel: Comic book nationalism at its most stupid
All of the myths of the modern state of Israel are on display in a new comic book which is available online: Captain Israel. Join Captain Israel as he creates a historical narrative in which Israel creates an oasis what was … Continue reading
Filed under 1 Samuel 17, Ancient Jewish texts, Comic books, Goliath
Netanyahu: The Land of Our Forefathers… or not
In today’s Ha’aretz, Jonathan Lis sorts out the truth from the lies in Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s speech before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday: [Netanyahu:] “We’re not the British in India. We’re not the Belgians in the Congo. This is the … Continue reading
Filed under Ancient Jewish texts, Goliath
Imagined Communities: Netanyahu’s speech to US Congress
In his speech before the US Congress on Tuesday 24 May, Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, notes how he suffers at the thought of having “to give up parts of the ancestral Jewish homeland”. Very graciously – acting … Continue reading
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David and Goliath – Israel and Palestine
Some 55% of Americans believe in the Rapture, some 64% believe we are living in the End Times, both beliefs structured by dispensationalism, which was largely constructed in the nineteenth century. These are some of the views which buttress American … Continue reading
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The Story of David and Goliath Employed to Support/Lament Israel’s/Palestine’s Independence/ Nakba
I read the news today, oh boy: …An Israeli military spokesman, Captain Barak Raz, said that Israeli troops at the Syrian border “fired only at those infiltrators trying to damage the security barrier and equipment”. So the crime for which … Continue reading
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The Town of Budrus versus the Israel Defense Forces: David versus Goliath
The powerful pro-pacifist documentary Budrus (2010), directed by Julia Bacha, is out on DVD today. Budrus, a new documentary by Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha, tells the story of an olive-growing Palestinian village that resists the building of a wall through … Continue reading
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