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Remi Kanazi: Ready, Aim, Cease-fire
Monday, 9 January 2006, 2:02 pm | Remi Kanazi
The people of Gaza are living under occupation. The prison quarters diminished as Israel implemented “no-go” areas in the northern Gaza Strip and took military control. Israel remains firmly in control of the airspace as well as the sea and all borders ... More >>
Political Hemorrhaging
Friday, 6 January 2006, 9:42 am | Remi Kanazi
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a severe stroke resulting in a cerebral hemorrhage on January 4, 2004. Paramedics rushed Sharon from his ranch in the Negev Desert to a Jerusalem hospital for life saving surgery. From the early news feeds ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: The War on Christmas
Sunday, 25 December 2005, 9:58 am | Remi Kanazi
Merry Christmas and a happy new year / I got coal in my sack and a half shaven beard / I’m going down my list / And I have a few bones to pick / With some of the bad kids running today’s politics More >>
Remi Kanazi: Dishonest Brokers
Sunday, 25 December 2005, 7:27 am | Remi Kanazi
The European Union (EU) should be ashamed of itself. It has thrown aside the principals of democracy for partisan politics and hypocrisy. In the run up to the Palestinian parliamentary elections, the EU has addressed Palestinian politics and made threats ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Tea for Two
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 3:54 pm | Remi Kanazi
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon—the little teapot, short and stout—is making a comeback. He ditched the outdated threads of his radical Likud to prance in the open fields of peace with favorite “doves” like Shimon Peres. The word on the street ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Bordering Autonomy
Thursday, 24 November 2005, 3:29 pm | Remi Kanazi
Last week Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice brokered a deal between Israelis and Palestinians on the Rafah border crossing which connects the "disengaged" Gaza Strip with the outside world. More >>
Remi Kanazi: Dancing With Perseverance
Friday, 4 November 2005, 11:31 am | Remi Kanazi
A few nights ago I watched Palestinian folkloric dance and theatre performed by the Ibdaa dance troupe. The group is the third generation of dancers, consisting of ten boys and ten girls from the Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank. The troupe performed ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Mapping Out Catastrophe
Tuesday, 1 November 2005, 1:51 pm | Remi Kanazi
Does anyone remember that quirky little document called "the roadmap," the proposed path to peace initiated by the Quartet—the United States, the European Union, the United Nations, and Russia—involving the conflict between Israelis and ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Opportunity Knocks
Monday, 17 October 2005, 10:14 am | Remi Kanazi
Formal talks between Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon were put on hold this week. The first face to face dialogue between the two since the “disengagement” of the Gaza Strip was sidelined for a second time ... More >>
Friday Night Lights: Game Time in Gaza
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 11:06 am | Remi Kanazi
Israel, a Member State of the United Nations since May 11, 1949, is not exempt from the rule of international law. On September 25, however, Israel invaded the Gaza Strip, and fired missiles at a vehicle carrying two purported “terrorists.” More >>
Remi Kanazi: Remembering Edward Said
Wednesday, 5 October 2005, 12:37 am | Remi Kanazi
It's been two years since his death / And I still mourn today / A wise intellectual / Who was never afraid / Ahead of his time / An innovator with conviction / Fighting for his beliefs / Without political restriction / Books like Orientalism / Set the ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Tom DeLayed?
Monday, 3 October 2005, 12:48 am | Remi Kanazi
I woke up this morning, looked outside and smiled, thinking this was going to be a great birthday. As soon as I turned on the television, I received my first present. More >>
Remi Kanazi: The Bells of Liberty (Poem)
Monday, 3 October 2005, 12:15 am | Remi Kanazi
“Rebel!” read his t-shirt / My teeth hurt / Grinding every time George Bush / And his masterminds / Grace the TV / Feeding me the grandeur of “liberty” More >>
Shattering Democracy: Sharon’s Plan for Palestine
Wednesday, 21 September 2005, 12:31 am | Remi Kanazi
Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, showed his true colors earlier this week as his normative praise of “democratic values” subsided. "I announced as clearly as I could that we formally oppose Hamas participation in the election as long as ... More >>
Light and Darkness: America’s Reaction to 9/11
Wednesday, 14 September 2005, 12:02 am | Remi Kanazi
On September 11th, 4:30 am, the commemoration of America’s loss was just hours away in Manhattan as I stared at the lot where the twin towers had once been. Dozens of camera vans waited roadside for the morning coverage. Just to the right I saw the ... More >>
Remi Kanaz (Poem): Hurricane Racism
Monday, 12 September 2005, 11:22 am | Remi Kanazi
My people and I were left to die / To wonder why nobody cared about our lives / We are not occupied in Palestine / We are not confined in Iraq, Afghanistan or another land with US forces / We are Americans / Left to understand why officials didn’t ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Courting Disaster
Wednesday, 7 September 2005, 3:09 pm | Remi Kanazi
The Western version of peace is overrated. The West would have us believe Israel made the ultimate sacrifice by “disengaging” from the Gaza Strip, putting “the ball in the Palestinian’s court.” But let’s look at the facts. Yes, Israel removed 8500 ... More >>
Remi Kanazi: Three-Fifths Relief
Monday, 5 September 2005, 12:51 am | Remi Kanazi
I guess the people at Yahoo didn’t have their racism detectors on earlier this week. On August 29th an image appeared on Yahoo of a white woman and man trudging through chest deep water after “finding bread and soda from a local grocery store.” Huh. ... More >>
