Tag Archives: Palestinians

Year 2000 tech and terrorism

Posted on May 28, 2025 by borderslynn

At the end of the 1990s, Israel found its methods of surveillance outdated and not suited to the craft of their enemies. Their enemies were everywhere, more determined, innovative and increasingly menacing from Hezbollah in Lebanon, Iran, Libya, to Hamas … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged anger, apartheid, bin Laden, colonialism, computers, data analysis, data gathering, data technology, hatred, Intafada, intelligence, islam, israel, Joint War Room, lobbying, menace, Microsoft, middle east, Oracle, Palantir, Palestinians, Saudi, security, Shin Bet, surveillance, terrorism, UK, year 2000 | Leave a comment

The killing of Rabin

Posted on April 21, 2025 by borderslynn

Extract from “Rise and Kill First”, by Ronen Bergman: 1995 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, a senior member of the VIP protection unit of the Shin Bet, responsible for the safety of the prime minister, made an encrypted phone call to a … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1995, Arafat, extremists, israel, left wing, Oslo, Palestinians, Peace Process, PLO, Rabin, right wing, settlers, West Bank | Leave a comment

Bereaved Families for Peace

Posted on March 18, 2025 by borderslynn

I watched today Robi express her anxiety now Gaza has been bombed once more with hundreds, especially children, slaughtered. She had hoped the ceasefire would continue, hostages released and the ‘day after’ leading to a sovereign Palestinian State side by … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged bombing, ceasefire, children, Gaza, Israelis, mothers, Palestinians, protecting rights to exist, slaughter, South Africa | Leave a comment

Apartheid: Zulus – Gazans

Posted on March 11, 2025 by borderslynn

What do Gazans and Zulus have in common? Under apartheid, Zulus were confined to KwaZulu-Natal and denied South African citizenship from 1981 to 1994. Today, about 10-12 million Zulus live in KwaZulu, preserving their language, customs, and identity amid South … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged acts against humanity, Amnesty, apartheid, death, Gaza, health, HIV, KwaZulu-Natal, Palestinians, Pepfa, poverty, South Africa, USAID | Leave a comment

America: Michael Moore Perspective

Posted on July 23, 2024 by borderslynn

I thought Michael Moore’s recent Substack was interesting, and here present an extract: Michael Moore provides view of liberal America:

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged abortion, america, Biden, climate change, democracy, diversity, education, elections, equality, Gaza, gun ownership, Harris, health, israel, Jews, liberal, Michael Moore, Palestinians, USA, voters | Leave a comment

US: Social Democracy coinciding with Jim Crow

Posted on May 20, 2024 by borderslynn

In the US, after WWII, the way to peaceful coexistence between North and Southern States was to exclude any benefit to African Americans, despite their contribution during World War II. https://www.history.com/news/black-soldiers-world-war-ii-discrimination The Republican Right had been opposed to Franklyn D … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged 1918 to 1950s, Africa, African Americans, American Dream, apartheid, British, complicit in human harm, democracy, discrimination, exclusion, FDR, French, human rights, israel, Jim Crow, Jordan, Kant, League of Nations, left vs right, marginalising, Palestinians, peace, peace vision, polarization, populism, Republicans, socialist, subjugation, utopia, war, welfare state, white supremacy, WW1, WWII | Leave a comment

PROMIS to Pegasus: enablers of horror

Posted on March 22, 2024 by borderslynn

1933: the stirrings of WWII and opportunities for lucrative trade emerging. I refer you to the book (published 2001) by Edwin Black ‘IBM and the Holocaust’. It is a magnificent piece of work and reveals the integral aspect of trade … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged computers, holocaust, IBM, international trade, Intifada, israel, Nazis, Palestinians, profit before people, Promis, spyware, technology, US corporate trade | 1 Comment