The tyrant in his body is but the slave of the tyrant in his soul.
~Gibran Khalil Gibran

Jews

תל אביב על האש

تل ابيب ع نار

Tel Aviv On Fire

Preview pic for post: Tel Aviv On Fire (2018)

Given the title of the film, it's a funny (happy or otherwise, not sure!) coincidence, that I'm writing this post on November 5th 2025, a date familiar enough to readers in the United Kingdom. Many Britons now seem to have no idea any more of the history, mind, and it's a date which needs a quick search on Wikipedia for most of those not native to these islands. There was zero intention of the two things would overlap. The only reason for writing now is a conversation about this film which took place only two days ago.

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Heatopher's Motivational Post, AKA The Prologue

Preview pic for post: Heatopher's Motivational Post, AKA The Prologue

Heatopher of late 2023 has bequeathed himself a daunting task in 2024. With no less lofty an ambition than resolving the Arab/Israeli conflict, if not for the world as a whole, but in my own head at least, I took it upon myself to watch a very strictly equal number of films from the two sides of that monstrous separation wall. These were to be watched in very rigid alternation...

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