Alice Rothchild

I have been reading about the Israeli governmental criticism and talk of censorship of left wing academics in Israel and I am eager to meet… Read More »January 06, 2011 The skeletons in the closet

I have to confess, we were not prepared. We were not even aware of the white-faced American mostly Jewish privileged skin in which we were… Read More »January 06, 2011 How I became a human smuggler

Because most Israelis are opposed to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanction movement, I am very interested in hearing from Kobi Snitz, a thin, intense man active… Read More »January 06, 2011 The nuances of BDS, How can Israelis boycott themselves?

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