October 7, 2023 saw brutal Hamas attacks in Southern Israel at the Nova Music Festival where 378 people were murdered and 7 communities including the Nahal Oz Kibbutz where 60 civilians and IDF soldiers were killed. Close to 1,200 Israeli’s died in these attacks. Israeli retribution attacks have resulted in some 69,000 deaths in Gaza,Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue”: Horror and Revenge Understandable: Will it Ever End?”
Tag Archives: Palestine
RKS 2025 Documentary: “I Shall Not Hate-A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”
This Canadian documentary is based on a book of the same name by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish. Dr. Abuelaish is a Palestinian doctor born of parents bulldozed off their land in Palestine by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab War. An estimated 500,000-750,000 Palestinians fled to refugee camps in the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, LebanonContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary: “I Shall Not Hate-A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity””
Humanitarian Aid Blockade of Palestine to End: Trump Says the United States Has a Heart: Spoof News Services. 3March2025
At a White House briefing this afternoon President Trump explained to a docile and controlled media group (that Spoof has been barred from) the United States has a heart and will soon have aid flowing into Southern Palestine. President Trump took pains to say he has many friends in Palestine and they are great people.Continue reading “Humanitarian Aid Blockade of Palestine to End: Trump Says the United States Has a Heart: Spoof News Services. 3March2025”
Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut
The Beginning or the End? Under the Rubble My name is Reggie. I was originally from Egypt. My complete story will unfold as you read further and it is quite a story of a small cast off “mutt” that had a pivotal role in the course of changing world history. From a loving owner inContinue reading “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog: The Final Cut”
RKS 2024 Documentary Film: Palestinian Voices: “From Under the Rubble” (2017)
The Gaza Strip is 28 miles long, and 3-7 miles wide with a population of 1.7 million. In January 2009 Israel’s army and air force invaded Gaza in an incursion called “Operation Cast Lead” which is also known as “The Gaza Massacre” where three weeks of shelling and experiments with flesh melting white phosphorus resultedContinue reading “RKS 2024 Documentary Film: Palestinian Voices: “From Under the Rubble” (2017)”
RKS 2024 Film: Palestinian Voices: Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy
The anger and hate in the War on Palestine is noisy and grating. Whomever can shoot and kill becomes the winner. Of course, cultural eradication is the biggest victory and one senses in Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy (of shorts) Palestinian culture survives and quietly and effectively makes its point without resorting to RPGs. Can you imagineContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: Palestinian Voices: Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy”
RKS History: A Jewish Escape Route from Nazi Germany: The Haavara Transfer
“The Haavara Transfer involved a transaction between the Reich’s authorities and a group of Zionist businesses based at the Hanotea orange plantation in Natania just outside of Tel Aviv. Whereas the British mandate restricted immigration (to Palestine) by applicants without financial means, anyone equipped with at least 1,000 Palestinian pounds was granted free entry underContinue reading “RKS History: A Jewish Escape Route from Nazi Germany: The Haavara Transfer”
RKS Film: “My Tree”: The Loss of Ignorance and the Great Repair
For his 1975 Bar Mitzvah in Toronto Jason Sherman received as a gift a certificate issued by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) that a tree had been planted in his honour in Israel. Not having any real emotional connection with Israel Sherman became curious about this tree. With some effort Sherman searched JNF records inContinue reading “RKS Film: “My Tree”: The Loss of Ignorance and the Great Repair”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 