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Nov 21, 2012 Delegation in October 2012 since I came home
The 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…
Oct 21, 2012 Making your presence felt
The 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 …
Oct 21, 2012 Greetings from the Brownshirts and Klansmen of Hebron
The 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 …
Oct 19, 2012 Guns and Moses
Like millions before us, we explore the Old City of Jerusalem, absorbing the conflicting communities, the array of conquerors, the building and …
Oct 19, 2012 Bullets and Stones
Nabi 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…
Oct 18, 2012 Making Popular Resistance
10/18 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…
Oct 18, 2012 Another Pilgrimage: Budrus
Dorothy Cotton keeps referring to “our pilgrimage” and as we set off for the village of Budrus, Vincent Harding starts us singing, voices…
Oct 16, 2012 Bil’in: Hozon (Sadness) and Farah (Happiness)
The last time I went to Bil'in was in January 2011 for a frightening, exhilarating tear gas filled Friday demonstration against the wall. This …
Oct 15, 2012 We have nothing to lose
We leave Ramallah, winding our way past vendors unloading cartons (with Hebrew names) lush with persimmons, bananas, pomegranates, grapes, and…
Oct 13, 2012 If Walls Could Talk
I have a confession to make; we are still on the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions tour with Ruth Edmond, but my Israel/Palestine PTSD…
Oct 12, 2012 Segregation in the Democratic State of Israel
Ruth Edmonds, another Israeli refuser, is the daughter of a Jewish mother and English father. She came from a political household; both parents …
Oct 12, 2012 One soldier, two tanks, three guns, four dead Arabs
Sahar 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 …
Oct 11, 2012 The Big Hats
I am traveling to Israel/Palestine with a group of African-American civil rights leaders, theologians, scholars, activists, feminists, and fellow …