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- Nov 21, 2012 Delegation in October 2012 since I came home November 21, 2012The Podium Mideast peace — one chick pea at a time By Alice Rothchild November 21, 2012 While fears of a large Israeli invasion of Gaza mount and representatives of Hamas threaten not to “back down,” there is much frustration and weariness with the lack of any positive developments coming out of Washington. Despite President Obama’s inaction, there is ...
- Oct 21, 2012 Making your presence felt October 21, 2012The insanity in Hebron does not happen by accident; someone has to make and enforce the policies we see. (Ironically I am writing this on the shuttle from New York to Boston, sitting next to a clean shaven Jewish man from Long Island, wearing a yarmulke, and holding a prayer book ...
- Oct 21, 2012 Greetings from the Brownshirts and Klansmen of Hebron October 21, 2012The day starts grey and edgy for me, not only because we are going to visit the alternative universe of Hebron, but also because the visit will start out with meeting David Wilder, a spokesmen for the (most aggressive intolerant) Jewish community in Hebron. Some in our group feel that ...
- Oct 19, 2012 Guns and Moses October 19, 2012Like millions before us, we explore the Old City of Jerusalem, absorbing the conflicting communities, the array of conquerors, the building and rebuilding, the ethereal light and dusky cream stones, the symphony of church bells and babble of tens of languages and hassled Japanese and Italian tour guides. A group ...
- Oct 19, 2012 Bullets and Stones October 19, 2012Nabi Saleh blog Bullets and Stones On a hot Friday afternoon, I am sitting on a lovely balcony high on a hill in the village of Nabi Saleh, whose population is descended from local villagers and refugees from Lyd, Ramle, and surrounding villages destroyed in 1948. We ...
- Oct 18, 2012 Making Popular Resistance October 18, 201210/18 Budrus After the tour of the wall, we gather to meet in a large municipal community room, U shaped table, ceiling fans stirring the hot air, thin young men in jeans sit near older men, some heavy set, mostly from Budrus, (population 1600,) and nearby Qibya. There is embroidery on the ...
- Oct 18, 2012 Another Pilgrimage: Budrus October 18, 2012Dorothy Cotton keeps referring to “our pilgrimage” and as we set off for the village of Budrus, Vincent Harding starts us singing, voices blending, harmonizing, “On my way to Budrus, stayed on freedom…Gonna tear down the wall, stayed on freedom…. Hallelu, hallelu, halleluiah.” Against my better judgment, I am starting ...
- Oct 16, 2012 Bil’in: Hozon (Sadness) and Farah (Happiness) October 16, 2012The last time I went to Bil’in was in January 2011 for a frightening, exhilarating tear gas filled Friday demonstration against the wall. This time, not only did we arrive on a Wednesday, (no demonstrations), but conditions have changed dramatically, though not barely enough. From Birzeit we headed southwest, past ...
- Oct 15, 2012 We have nothing to lose October 15, 2012We leave Ramallah, winding our way past vendors unloading cartons (with Hebrew names) lush with persimmons, bananas, pomegranates, grapes, and smaller boxes piled with lettuce, scallions, parsley, and greens. In the chaos and cacophony of this bursting city, shop windows stream by: faceless mannequins in tight jeans and low cut sparkling blouses, chains of ...
- Oct 13, 2012 If Walls Could Talk October 13, 2012I have a confession to make; we are still on the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions tour with Ruth Edmond, but my Israel/Palestine PTSD was flaring up and I needed a break. Standing on terraces, looking at the ravaging of the landscape, staring up at blocks of concrete walls splattered ...
- Oct 12, 2012 Segregation in the Democratic State of Israel October 12, 2012Ruth Edmonds, another Israeli refuser, is the daughter of a Jewish mother and English father. She came from a political household; both parents were environmental activists. Now 29, she is the high energy, fast talking staff person with ICAHD, (the 26 year old Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions), who is ...
- Oct 12, 2012 One soldier, two tanks, three guns, four dead Arabs October 12, 2012Sahar Vardi is an Israeli woman who has come to speak to us on a panel with two Palestinian women from another organization, Just Visions. She has long, sandy blond hair, and is wearing jeans, a plaid shirt, black tie shoes, and sports a playful laugh, expressive hands, and a forehead ...
- Oct 11, 2012 The Big Hats October 11, 2012I am traveling to Israel/Palestine with a group of African-American civil rights leaders, theologians, scholars, activists, feminists, and fellow travelers under the guidance and affirmation of the Dorothy Cotton Institute. We are guided by the words and deeds of Martin Luther King and the men and women who continue to ...