Time and time again, Iran is asked to prove its nuclear intentions—as if there were any evidence that Israel would accept. @maryturfah writes on the paranoia and hypocrisy driving the West’s approach to Iran.
You’ll See | Mary Turfah
The more Israel attacks Iran, the more justification it has to do so in the minds of Israel and the propagandized American public.
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August 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Time and time again, Iran is asked to prove its nuclear intentions—as if there were any evidence that Israel would accept. @maryturfah writes on the paranoia and hypocrisy driving the West’s approach to Iran.
In Gaza, Israel takes truckloads of Palestinian bodies for DNA testing, to make sure they are not Israeli. They seldom return them. maryturfah examines what they are doing with the dead, how it structures Israeli power, and why they get away with it.
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I’m Not Done With You | Mary Turfah
You cannot harm a corpse, though you can use it to harm others.
thebaffler.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:20 AM
In Gaza, Israel takes truckloads of Palestinian bodies for DNA testing, to make sure they are not Israeli. They seldom return them. maryturfah examines what they are doing with the dead, how it structures Israeli power, and why they get away with it.
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The Baffler on X: "As Israel’s wars have continued, IDF soldiers are prioritizing self-care through a yoga practice that blends new age pabulum and the logic of colonialism. @maryturfah writes on the healing journey of a violent society. t.co/t1tzfzwoCu%22 / X x.com/thebafflerma...
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June 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The Baffler on X: "As Israel’s wars have continued, IDF soldiers are prioritizing self-care through a yoga practice that blends new age pabulum and the logic of colonialism. @maryturfah writes on the healing journey of a violent society. t.co/t1tzfzwoCu%22 / X x.com/thebafflerma...
"To call for peace after an act of aggression is to endorse the aggression. It’s to say that one party gets to act, and the other has to take it. This is the basic logic of supremacy." - #MaryTurfah
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Politics as Usual | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mary Turfah writes on Iran.
lareviewofbooks.org
June 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"To call for peace after an act of aggression is to endorse the aggression. It’s to say that one party gets to act, and the other has to take it. This is the basic logic of supremacy." - #MaryTurfah
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#Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #USpol #USMiddleEastPolicy
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"People in #Lebanon and elsewhere—people who mostly experienced the south through The New York Times, who had not been displaced, who had not lost a person—spoke of 'Pyrrhic victories,' condemning sacrifices that were not their own. Sacrifices they didn’t understand." - #MaryTurfah
#WarOnLebanon
#WarOnLebanon
Points of Entry | Los Angeles Review of Books
Mary Turfah writes on Lebanon and broken glass in an early release from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
lareviewofbooks.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"People in #Lebanon and elsewhere—people who mostly experienced the south through The New York Times, who had not been displaced, who had not lost a person—spoke of 'Pyrrhic victories,' condemning sacrifices that were not their own. Sacrifices they didn’t understand." - #MaryTurfah
#WarOnLebanon
#WarOnLebanon