Blog 2016 – Alice Rothchild

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Why ‘give him a chance’ is not an option – November 22, 2016 November 25, 2016Alice Rothchild
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 chance, we just need to listen to each other and respect our differences,” are ignoring some very poignant lessons of history. And there is some very recent history that is let’s ...
No limits – November 5, 2016 November 6, 2016Alice Rothchild
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 the late Israeli prime-minister Golda Meir, who said (somewhere between famously baking cookies and cheering on Israeli troops during the Yom Kippur War): “We can forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, ...
No Way to Treat a Child, Any Child – September 24, 2016 September 25, 2016Alice Rothchild
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 conference on 9/17 sponsored by Kairos Puget Sound Coalition included 70 people who heard a powerful report from Brad Parker from the Defense of Children International (Palestine) who reviewed the lack ...
Modern Day Lynchings: An International View July 8, 2016 July 8, 2016Alice Rothchild
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, a 32 year old black man and popular school nutrition services supervisor, was stopped for a broken tail light with his girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds and four year old daughter. Minutes later, ...
Greetings from Zimbabwe – May 11, 2016 May 11, 2016Alice Rothchild
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 Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/divestment_an_appropriate_respo.html) has provoked 63 comments to date, ranging from the supportive to the bizarre. A refugee from Nazi Germany wrote: “Israel can only be free when ...
The New York Times: Read at your own risk – April 30, 2016 May 1, 2016Alice Rothchild
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, Pentagon Details Chain of Errors in Afghan Strike, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/30/world/asia/afghanistan-doctors-without-borders-hospital-strike.html?ref=todayspaper, which details a horrific bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan in 2015 that killed 42 people and injured ...
Into the fray: Another interview on Israeli TV – April 18, 2016 April 18, 2016Alice Rothchild
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. He was working on a short documentary series exploring the Palestinian struggle and those who express solidarity with Palestinians. He wanted to interview me particularly around the issue of boycott, ...
The Execution March 25, 2016 March 25, 2016Alice Rothchild
At first I didn’t watch the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8WK2TgruMo) because I didn’t think I could stand it. “Israeli soldier filmed executing wounded Palestinian man.” I finally realized I needed to bear witness, despite the sickening revulsion the film would evoke, which it did in spades. So here it is: a cluster of Israeli soldiers in Hebron, ...
Trump Bellows, AIPAC Squirms March 21, 2016 March 21, 2016Alice Rothchild
I feel compelled to comment on the frenzied political dance that has engulfed the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. The Presidential wanna bees are buzzing the hive (without Bernie, the only Jewish candidate FYI) and the media is all TRUMP. But the messaging strikes me as slightly schizophrenic. On the one hand, rabbis are threatening ...
The danger to Hillary – March 14, 2016 March 14, 2016Alice Rothchild
Word is out, Hillary Clinton will join the list of prostrating luminaries at the March 2016 AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Convention, a love fest for the powerful Israel Lobby and its diverse and frenzied supporters. The website boasts attendance by 15,000 “pro-Israel” Americans, (a term I use guardedly since support of the current ...

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