Another reason I detest the boss-lovin', social peace-preachin', Bono-huggin' Dalai Lama: he's a Zionist. Here's Montreal writer and activist Ehab Lotayef's latest poem:

The Ocean of Wisdom *

Ignore the checkpoints and the chains
Sail over the rivers of tears
Praise a dream that has given birth
to a million nightmares

We resist from our slums
You resist from the podium
Beloved of Hollywood,
Ocean of Wisdom:
Can liberated celebrities
bring freedom to a nation?

David you embrace or Mao
The aboriginals were subjugated
In Hebrew or in Mandarin
The land was appropriated


They’ll hide the sun under your orange robe
Drown the truth in your words of hope

Go!
Leave my aching land alone!
To Lhasa,
I support your right of return

* Welcoming the Dalai Lama to the Holy Land. The Dalai Lama is planning to visit Israel in the middle of February to participate in the launch of ceremonies marking 100 years since David Ben Gurion immigrated to Israel.