The Arabist

The Arabist

By Issandr El Amrani and friends.

Celebrating "Setta Oktober" Gideon Levy style

Nothing has changed since the Yom Kippur War - Haaretz:

Nothing has changed in 37 years. It's the same arrogant hubris, the same obstinate resistance to any prospect of an agreement, the same failure to recognize that only peace will save us from another defense minister who sinks into an existential depression while warning of an impending holocaust. What's the point of this festival of 1973 war documents and this retroactive dance of death? Why look back, if on the day the settlement building freeze ended the settlers did a remarkably accurate imitation of the dance of arrogance that preceded the 1973 war?