The Yaffa Guest House in the Balata Refugee Camp just outside of Nablus is new. There are quarters for men and for women, a well… Read More »January 06, 2011 Balata Refugee Camp, Existence is Resistance
Many US activists are becoming increasingly involved in the boycott, divestment, and sanction movement as a nonviolent tactic to change Israeli policy through economic and… Read More »January 05, 2011 Settlement products: Boycott PA style
We return from Ramallah to East Jerusalem to join the health and human rights delegation and once again I am taken aback by the daily… Read More »January 04, 2011 The very arbitrary, extreme banality of power
Saed Abu Hijeh, an intense Palestinian human geographer, poet, and radio host, greets us in his garden in Nablus, explaining that this is where is… Read More »January 04, 2011 I am here to save the Jews from Israel
The dangerous qanun and the intoxication of power We leave the taxi at Qalandia checkpoint and for 50 shekels grab a ride in the back… Read More »January 03, 2011 Ramallah Fragments
Two agnostic Jews, a recovering Catholic, and a Druze walk into a monastery…. I am always jolted by the contradictions of Ben Gurion airport, a… Read More »December 29 to 31, 2010
Symposium Reframing the Conversation: How can we have and sustain difficult conversations? a pre-performance conversation with Abby Yanow and Alice Rothchild The Fever Chart –… Read More »Symposium: Reframing the conversation
Amesbury Friends Peace Center presents: How do we have a respectful, reflective dialogue on the Middle East? With the showing of the film: The Search… Read More »How do we have a respectful, reflective dialogue on the Middle East?
An Alternative Discussion on Israel/Palestine with Alice Rothchild and Diane Buttu location: Sophia Gordon Multi-Purpose Room, Tufts University, Medford, MA Sponsored by: Tufts Students For… Read More »The US University and the Way Forward
Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions and the American Jewish Community Israeli Occupation Awareness Week: Brandeis 2010 sponsored by Students for Justice in Palestine, Jewish Voice for… Read More »Difficult Conversations
