The Z Word Podcast

NGL I kinda want to have open, honest, soulful conversations with people about Zionism in today’s world and the shared future of Palestinians and Israelis, and record them and release them as a podcast The Z Word.

Two Men’s Words

On the one hand, there is this French politician who said some stuff about recognizing a state with no leadership, no funding, no borders, and probably no military. On the other hand, there is this guy called Rambam who had some really deep insights into human civilization and the marriage of reason and religion, that … Read more

Pro-Israeli, Pro-Palestinian

The older I get and the deeper this country’s ethos seeps into my bones, the more convinced I become of two things:– Socialism has a lot more going for it than Capitalists would like to admit – To be truly pro-Israeli is to be pro-Palestinian, “and vice versa”And yet my libertarian preferences have not only … Read more

I Pulled the Trigger

I pulled the trigger on the gun. Whom I shot and why I shot him doesn’t change this fact or its consequences for those affected. I pulled the trigger on the gun and now his neighbor’s son is starving. It turns out that gunfire makes it hard to make that bread. I pulled the trigger … Read more

A Transmission on an Alternative Frequency (Arabic)

بث على تردّد مختلف… مش كل الكلمات كلماتي، بس هذا أكيد هو #صهيونيّت … صهيونيّتي “يا إخوتي، يا أخواتي، يا جيراني ما بحكي معكم بكلام فاضي، ولا بلسان دبلوماسي مصقول، بحكي بنار بدمي واسم الله على شفايفي. ما إجيتكم لا كغزّاة، ولا كمدافع، ولا كغريب—إجيت كواحد من أولاد هالأرض القديمة، عم بيتوجّع وبدور على طريق … Read more

A Transmission on an Alternative Frequency

A transmission on an alternative frequency… Not all my words, but definitely my #Zionism… “Brothers. Sisters. Neighbors. I speak to you not with empty words, not with the polished tongue of a diplomat, but with fire in my blood and God on my lips. I come before you not as a conqueror, not as an … Read more

An Invitation to Zohran Mamdani

On behalf of Zion, I would like to extend a warm invitation to Zohran Mamdani to come visit this beautiful Land that such diverse people all call home. We can tour the historical and political sites of the country with Jewish and Islamic tour guides, meet with Israeli and Palestinian communal leaders, and discuss hard … Read more

Believe in Shared Society

Never stop believing in the possibility of a shared society. So many people are caught in emotional echo chambers and have rationalized their disillusionment with the possibility of a shared society with different kinds of poorly thought-out dogmas. Don’t fall for it. The possibility is always there for us to realize.

What Two States Solve

Thinking pragmatically about the future of the Land… Can an additional state, without any state institutions or assets or economy or territorial continuity or independence, really make it? And what purpose would it serve, if it did actually work and function, that wouldn’t be realized in an inclusive Israeli/Palestinian society?