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The Pornography of Resistance

JL;DR SUMMARY David Mikics critiques Omar El Akkad's book, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This," which has sparked significant attention following a highly controversial tweet criticizing Israel's military response to recent events. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasControversyMilitary ResponseMedia CriticismPolitical TensionsRhetoricMiddle Eastern ConflictsOmar El AkkadConflict Narratives

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