1. While it is considered cool these days to wear a Kaffiyeh or Kaffiye-style scarves all across the world [especially in Europe], the government of Israel advises Israeli travelers not to wear any outwardly Israeli or Jewish clothing when traveling pretty much anywhere in the world. So, not only is it safe to dress in Arab clothes, it’s also cool, while wearing a shirt with a Star of David on it is not cool man.

2. While Israeli filmmakers are making anti-war movies exorcising the demons they obtained in the first Lebanon war [which they portray as Israel's Vietnam], Turkish State TV this week began broadcasting a grotesquely anti-Semitic series showing IDF soldiers as baby killers. Continue reading →