Kieran Beville

  Blind Faith & Blind Politics How American Evangelicals Chose Power Over Principle in Israel-Palestine By Kieran Beville   In the long, anguished history of the Holy Land, few forces have proved as corrosive to the hope of peace as the unwavering, often unthinking support of American evangelicals for the state of Israel. While millions speak of “standing with Israel” as if it were a pure act of faith, this solidarity too often reveals itself as political idolatry — a devotion not to justice, peace, or the teachings of Christ, but to an eschatological script and a culture war mentality that demands enemies. This is not a new story, but it is a story that grows darker each year. Decade after decade, the evangelical community’s zeal has hardened into a moral blindness, where the pursuit of biblical prophecy and right-wing geopolitics override the cries of the oppressed and the inconvenient demands of truth. As bombs fall, walls rise, and young Palestinians see thei...

  Israel’s Devastation of Gaza The Inescapable Verdict of Genocide and War Crimes By Kieran Beville   For more than a year now, the Gaza Strip has borne the brunt of an unrelenting military assault that has devastated its people and infrastructure beyond measure. Reports from Gaza’s Ministry of Health and international humanitarian agencies reveal a staggering death toll exceeding 70,000 Palestinians. Tens of thousands more lie injured, many with permanent disabilities. Amid this catastrophic loss of life, over two million people remain trapped in a strip of land crippled by an ironclad blockade that denies them basic necessities such as food, clean water, medicine, and electricity. Entire neighbourhoods lie in ruins, hospitals and clinics have been bombed repeatedly or are barely functioning due to lack of fuel and electricity, and countless families have been wiped out in their homes. Yet, this human tragedy is far more than the collateral damage of war. Legal ex...

  Silence Then and Now What Gaza Reveals About Who We Really Are   By Kieran Beville Have you ever truly stopped to wonder what choices you might have made as an adult living in Nazi Germany between 1936 and 1945? Would you have stood against a monstrous ideology rooted in hate, violence, and dehumanisation? Would you have dared to speak up, knowing that your dissent could cost you your freedom—or even your life? Or would fear, apathy, or the comfort of your own position have kept you quiet? Would you have pleaded ignorance, claiming you didn’t know what was happening? Would you have shrugged and said, “I’m not political,” or told yourself that the Nazi regime was simply too powerful to challenge? It’s a question that haunts us because it strips us of comforting illusions. We like to imagine ourselves as brave, principled, and moral—people who would have risked something to do what’s right. But history is rarely shaped by what we imagine we would do. It is shaped by wh...

Silen ce of the Righteous They were not beasts with blood upon their hands but teachers, shopkeepers, and fathers’ sons who watched the cattle cars roll down the tracks yet stirred no limb to halt the steel of death. Some feared the knock that echoed in the dark some learned to swallow lies as daily bread some let the swelling fever of the crowd replace the quiet whisper of the soul. A race of racists, yes—but worse than that a nation lulled by myths of chosen blood who measured worth by twisted lines of code etched deep in skull and skin, decreed by hate. We boast we would have braved that poisoned time we say we’d rise against the tyrant’s shout we claim we’d tear the banners from the square but history teaches harsh truths to us. Most hearts beat dull beneath the weight of fear most eyes grow blind when terror stalks the street and silence blooms, as easy as a sigh. Yet now the tanks roll once again in view the drones ignite the night in Gaza’s sky and chi...

  Cuckoo Nation   It came not with a song, but with a cry— A feathered stranger, bold in foreign air. No nest it built, no hatchling of its own. Yet still it laid its future in the straw Of those who'd sung beneath that olive sky.   The cuckoo waits until the host is gone Then drops its egg where others ought to grow. Its birth begins with murder: one by one The native young are cast beyond the rim Their lives a price for foreign life to thrive. So too, this state was born in fire and flight With walls of myth to mask the storm of blood.   In Gaza, smoke becomes the infant's breath. The streets are graves before the names are known. The tanks roll through where orchards used to bloom The drones erase what time and toil have built. They say it's war—but children are the dead. They say defence—but rubble tells the tale. A genocide unfolds in daily light Disguised as right, as law, as self-defence.   And in the West Bank hills, the ...

  The Inconvenient Truth About Electric Cars The Green Lie Few Media Outlets Dare to Tell By Kieran Beville   Electric vehicles (EVs) have become the darlings of climate policy and corporate sustainability goals. Governments promote them with subsidies, car manufacturers tout them as the future, and the media rarely questions the seemingly noble narrative: that switching from petrol/diesel to electric cars will solve the climate crisis. But scratch beneath the surface of this “green revolution,” and a much more complicated picture emerges—one that many news outlets avoid, largely due to a financial ecosystem tied to EV advertising (newspapers/radio/TV), lobbying, and corporate sponsorships. At the heart of the issue lies an uncomfortable reality: the transition to electric vehicles relies on a global supply chain built on environmental destruction, exploitative labour, and geopolitical instability. The Mining Behind the Machines – A Dirty Secret...