As the year comes to a close, join me as I reflect on 2023.

From personal milestones, to the ramping up of production around here…to my current thoughts on the ongoing mass violence inflicted on Palestinians...& the silence of many left leaning content creators - all that and more in my final episode of the year.

—————Links:

Israel bans surfboards https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/gaza-surfing-ban-illegal-documentary-palestinians-a8525091.html

“Israel prohibits the importation of surfboards. Israel is, in effect, outlawing surfing, just as the buttoned-up East Coast evangelicals tried to do in Hawaii.”

Israel intercepts 23 tons of chocolate it says was intended to finance Hamas https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-intercepts-23-tons-of-chocolate-it-says-was-intended-to-finance-hamas/

Users on social media mock 'cartoon villains stealing candy', as Israeli officials link confectionary sales to terrorism https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-chocolate-bar-confiscated-claim-fund-hamas

Why Won't Israel Allow Gazans to Import Coriander(Cilantro)?In its response to a freedom-of-information suit last week, the state admitted that there is a specific list of goods permissible for import to Strip. https://www.haaretz.com/2010-05-07/ty-article/why-wont-israel-allow-gazans-to-import-coriander/0000017f-f866-d887-a7ff-f8e6fc210000

“The Defense Ministry is refusing - on security grounds, it says - to reveal why Israel prohibits the import into the Gaza Strip of items such as cilantro, sage, jam, chocolate, french fries, dried fruit, fabrics, notebooks, empty flowerpots and toys…”

Israel once banned pasta: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-pasta-paper-and-hearing-aids-that-could-threaten-israeli-security-1635143.html

“It was only after Senator John Kerry, the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, raised the issue with Defence Minister Ehud Barak after their trip last month that Israel allowed the pasta in. Macaroni was considered a luxury item, not a humanitarian necessity, they were told. “

———ICYMI the Evopsych episodes when they came out, you can check them out here:

Evopsych ep 69 (pt 1) https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jSFhcmT6xNJ4JOwbEkscE?si=9wlTnl8uTp6a6y92T3Rusw

Evopsych ep 69 (pt 2) https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gvuP3xLyqKSpJgTjf43A3?si=OsnZ5XT6R-6bty2uHg7kTQ