Alice Rothchild March 27, 2017 News A Hint of Trouble: How “Pro-Israeli” Organizations Work to Suppress Freedom of Speech published in Palestine Square, the blog… Read More »A Hint of Trouble: How “Pro-Israeli” Organizations Work to Suppress Freedom of Speech – March 27, 2017
Writing as therapy. Shabak, if you planted a bug in my computer, listen up! But I am jumping ahead of myself. Yesterday afternoon was lost… Read More »Why Gaza? – January 20, 2017
It is 5:30 in the morning and I am awakened with another nightmare. Israeli soldiers are cutting off my hands and feet. I am negotiating… Read More »A war against Arab citizens – January 19, 2017
I awaken early with a nightmare. I am at Ofer Prison and the security guards have flushed my clothes down the toilet. I am… Read More »Guilty until proven innocent – January 18, 2017
Today is the funeral for Qusay Hasna al-Umour, killed yesterday just outside of Bethlehem. I keep hearing comments like, “This is our life,” “What… Read More »What do we say to our daughters? January 17, 2017
News that you probably have not heard: Today a 17 year old named Qusay Hasna al-Umour was killed by Israeli soldiers in Tuqu, a village… Read More »Cultural resistance and throwing stones – January 16, 2017
We drive from southern Bani Na’im (northeast of Hebron) to the northern city of Nablus. The taxi is 40 minutes late and I practice slow… Read More »Farah Center: Big accomplishments, minimal resources – January 15, 2017
Two news items that you probably will not hear about: GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Amid widespread protests Thursday night regarding the electricity crisis in the… Read More »Dreaming of a Jewish Judea and Samaria and Arab-rein streets – January 13, 2017
Joining me in Palestine, my husband’s 11 pm flight to Istanbul was delayed (snowstorms) seven hours resulting in two lost nights of sleep and… Read More »Organic arugula? We are expecting demolishment – January 12, 2017
Today we leave Gaza, quickly through the Hamas and Palestinian Authority bureaucracy, down the long caged corridor through the no-man’s land bordered by the… Read More »Guilty by reason of zata’ar – January 11, 2017
The goodbyes at Marna House are warm and heartfelt. Dr. Yasser presents us with gifts and there is talk of how important it is to… Read More »We exist! We are more than war! – January 11, 2017
Humanitarian workers in Gaza have a unique window on the impact of the political and economic realities on Gazans and I am meeting with… Read More »How will Israeli security be threatened if children drink clean water? January 10, 2017
I am back in the taxi driving north to a center in the middle of Gaza, Al Zahraa. They are housed in a snazzy new… Read More »At least let me do your eyebrows – January 10, 2017
According to a human rights worker I spoke with today, Israeli forces broke into a home in Nablus in the middle of last night, awakening… Read More »No more silence – January 10, 2017
The next stop is at the Hayat Multipurpose Center, Project for the Protection and Empowerment of Women and Families, Center for Women’s Legal Research and… Read More »Trauma and shame: Women struggle for gender justice – January 9, 2017
