A girl leapt a few feet into the air and spread her arms. Not to fly, but to complete a balanced landing on a little juice box. It exploded, and the orange substance spread defeated onto the pavement of Derry, Northern Ireland. The teenager cried out in a cartoonish voice, right after a theatrical gasp:…
Conflict is Buffering…
Coincidentally, I happened to be in Belgium visiting the old citadels of Namur and Liège when someone posed these questions to me: “What is the use of a buffer zone? And why do they still make sense given the existence of weapon systems with a long range, like ballistic missiles and jets?” Although now long…
Goats & Gods: A Trip through Israel & Palestine
Last January I went on a field trip with Radboud University to Israel and Palestine. We were about forty people, mostly students and some teachers, with the aim of witnessing the ongoing conflict. First we visited Tel Aviv and Jaffa, but we spent most of our one-week stay in Jerusalem. Especially interesting was the West…
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