Alice Rothchild

We head west into ’48 Israel (ie. the Israel bordered by the 1948 Armistice Line or Green Line) and off to the coastal city of… Read More »Free of being colonized – January 6, 2017

The scene: tucked in exquisite, pink, creamy rolling hills, the earth here is rocky. First we drive by piles of ripped up tents and crumpled… Read More »What kind of monsters behave this way? – Friday January 6, 2017

The conversation with Jamal Juma continues as we head out of Ramallah and it is the dreadful minutiae and meanness that wears me down. Jamal… Read More »The steady erasure of Palestinian life – January 6, 2017

published in Mondoweiss click here   Jamal Juma is my hero. I awaken to the near frigid temperatures of our apartment in Ramallah having once… Read More »Yes, this is really apartheid – January 6, 2017

  During a brief visit to Birzeit University with its cream colored buildings, open squares, clusters of college students looking much like college students anywhere,… Read More »We smoke and smoke to close our mouths – January 5, 2017

  So how this does all look in the field? Once again we pile into a van heading through Ramallah construction like a massive half… Read More »Soap and sisterhood – January 4, 2017

first published by https://justworldeducational.org/2017/01/alice-rothchild-crisis-in-west-bank-agriculture/ My alarm is dutifully set for 6:15 am and the evening before, I doze off dreaming of awakening in the elegant,… Read More »For the Love of the Land: Building Food Sovereignty

For weeks I obsessed and planned and strategized about what may happen in Israel when I enter with three other women to explore partner organizations… Read More »I’m OK you’re OK – January 3, 2017

originally published by Mondoweiss Those folks who are advocating, “Let’s just wait and see” or “Every president moves to the center,” or “Give him a… Read More »Why ‘give him a chance’ is not an option – November 22, 2016

first published by Just World Educational at: https://justworldeducational.org/2016/11/no-limits/ There is a well-known expression in Israel: “shooting and crying.” This phrase stems from a comment by… Read More »No limits – November 5, 2016

Here are the facts. I will leave you to feel the outrage and hopefully be moved to action. The No Way to Treat a Child… Read More »No Way to Treat a Child, Any Child – September 24, 2016

Yesterday sickening news screamed across social media, emails, and airwaves: a second African-American man was brutally killed by police this week. In Minneapolis, Philando Castille,… Read More »Modern Day Lynchings: An International View July 8, 2016

My May 8 op ed in support of resolutions being considered at the United Methodist Church General Conference in Portland, Divestment an appropriate response to… Read More »Greetings from Zimbabwe – May 11, 2016

Reading The New York Times without developing chest pain can be challenging, but this morning I felt particularly provoked. First there was Matthew Rosenberg’s article,… Read More »The New York Times: Read at your own risk – April 30, 2016

In February I received an email from an Israeli TV editor and Ethiopian civil rights activist working for Channel 10, a mainstream Israeli TV outlet.… Read More »Into the fray: Another interview on Israeli TV – April 18, 2016