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PLAYGROUND OF EMPIRES March 25, 2010

Posted by wmmbb in Israel-Palestine, Middle East.
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The following you tube presentation makes the point that empires come and go in the Middle East – eventually.

Juan Cole is the source of the video, although not the creator:

The only exception to the historical precedent is the US American Empire that goes on and on beyond the sunset to outer space. And yet brave little Israel, whose Prime Minister has just announced more settlements in East Jerusalem as he was speaking with the US President has no US bases, and yet they as nation states are somehow distinct entities.

Avaaz.org has produced a very short video concerning the Jewish settlements (described as colonies) on Palestinian land and the dividing wall:

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