Drone Warfare Tips The Balance In Armenian-Azerbaijani Conflict
Very few people would argue against the importance of air superiority in modern conventional warfare. From the bocage of NormandyContinue Reading
Tag: Israel
Mashrou’ Leila: “Cavalry”
“Cavalry” is the name of the lead single from The Beirut School, the latest album by the acclaimed Lebanese indie-bandContinue Reading
From The US-Backed War In Yemen To The US-Ally Israel And Segregated Palestine
No one can doubt the baleful influence of the Russian Federation in south-eastern Europe and the Middle East. The annexationContinue Reading
Ian Paisley, Ulster Resistance And Arms From Israel
The news that the Reverend Ian Paisley, the founder of the hardline Democratic Unionist Party and several associated paramilitary groupings,Continue Reading
Israel Upgrades Tank-APC As Middle East Becomes Military Laboratory
Though the dictatorial regime of Bashar al-Assad supposedly entered the Syrian civil war with some 5000 tanks, mainly of RussianContinue Reading
US Secretary Of State Acknowledges That Israel Is Not A Western Democracy
As regular readers of An Sionnach Fionn know, I am generally sympathetic to Israel and tend to see its historyContinue Reading
A Comparison Of The Hebrew And Gaelic Revivals
Featured above is an interesting lecture titled “A Comparison of the Hebrew and Gaelic Revivals“, originally given by Aidan BeattyContinue Reading
Ze’ev Jabotinsky: The Iron Wall – We and the Arabs
On the 4th of November 1923 the Jewish-Russian newspaper Rassvet (“Dawn”) published a short essay by the conservative Zionist writer Ze’ev JabotinskyContinue Reading
Ayelet Shaked And The Rise Of Religious Nationalism In Israel
Der Spiegel has an extraordinary interview with Ayelet Shaked, a member of the HaBayit HaYehudi or “Jewish Home” party inContinue Reading
How Netanyahu Won The 2015 Election In Israel
In the week leading up to the 17th of March 2015, the day of the general election in Israel, the governingContinue Reading
Dear Idiots, Stop, Please, Just Stop Commenting On Irish Affairs
The Inquisitr is an Israeli-American news aggregation website (or more honestly, a user-submitted group blog) and based on a recent feature article byContinue Reading
The Actions Of Ezra Nawi Make Headlines In Israel Again, As They Once Did In Ireland
In the summer of 2011 the former university lecturer and Joycean scholar, David Norris, was one of the front-runners in theContinue Reading
An Interview With The Parents Of Peace Activist Rachel Corrie
Back in August of 2013 the US-based current affairs website, MintPress News, gained considerable publicity when a report by its correspondents allegedlyContinue Reading
Israel On The Road To Self-Destruction
It is somewhat dispiriting, for those on the progressive left, to watch Israel’s continued slide into sectarian and racial totalitarianism,Continue Reading
Israel’s Journey From Jewish State To Pariah State
Are there any issues more divisive in “Western” political discourse than the existence, history and policies of the modern nation-state ofContinue Reading
Palestine’s Right To Defend Itself
The oft-stated right of the Israelis to “defend themselves” against their enemies, both near and far, is a claim encounteredContinue Reading
The English Empire Strikes Back In Scotland
Following on from yesterday’s post examining press reports that Dundee City Council had agreed to reverse efforts to place the EnglishContinue Reading
Inside The Islamic State
Martin Chulov in the Guardian newspaper presents a fascinating insider analysis of the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) throughContinue Reading
British Violence Good, Irish Violence Bad
Perhaps I should change that headline to a more accurate one? “British Violence (By Irish People For Britain) Good, IrishContinue Reading
Underground Warfare
One of the commoner settlement types to be found in Irish archaeology are the ráthanna or so-called ring-forts 40,000 ofContinue Reading
This Land Is Mine, Israel And Palestine
From the talented Nina Paley.
The Reality Of War
Philip Weiss links to a shocking and profoundly disturbing video of a Palestinian father unable to accept the killing of his youngContinue Reading
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