July 1, 2014 Airport Hasbara
The talk on the cab radio is all about the murder of the three settler teens, their bodies were found. I am too disconnected to… Read More »July 1, 2014 Airport Hasbara
Blog entries 2014
June 30, 2014 How Do You Say Shalom in Tigrenya? Part two
Ran takes me into the Open Clinic for some reality-based learning. The rooms are basic health center with shelves of paper charts and two volunteers… Read More »June 30, 2014 How Do You Say Shalom in Tigrenya? Part two
June 30, 2014 Zionist Doctors and Jewish Values part one
It is probably not a good idea to write a blog after two glasses of wine, particularly after three weeks of abstinence (except for that… Read More »June 30, 2014 Zionist Doctors and Jewish Values part one
June 28, 2014 Tell Them You’re Italian! Part three
Al Manara, the famous square in Ramallah with the circle of lions sculpted in the center, is bustling with chaotic traffic, shoppers, drenching heat, and… Read More »June 28, 2014 Tell Them You’re Italian! Part three
June 28, 2014 In the Container part two
The bus station in Bani Nayim is hot, humid, and thick with exhaust fumes from idling vehicles that have seen better days in the seat… Read More »June 28, 2014 In the Container part two
June 28, 2014 Who is the Terrorist? Part one
I have been thinking a lot about collective punishment and military force and the cost of fear. I am not going to reveal the identity… Read More »June 28, 2014 Who is the Terrorist? Part one
June 26, 2014 Speak Truth to Power and Choose Joyfulness part three
As a physician, I am always impressed by the combination of intelligence, dedication, weariness, and fortitude that characterizes so many Palestinians working in the field… Read More »June 26, 2014 Speak Truth to Power and Choose Joyfulness part three
June 26, 2014 The Darkest Aspects of Human Experience part two
I have been thinking a lot about torture lately, given the three murdered Israeli settlers and the most likely revenge killing of a Palestinian teen… Read More »June 26, 2014 The Darkest Aspects of Human Experience part two
June 26, 2014 First/Third World Medicine part one
The newly built Ministry of Health Palestine Medical Complex is filled with all the expected contradictions of building a health care system under occupation in… Read More »June 26, 2014 First/Third World Medicine part one
June 25, 2014 Medicine: If It Doesn’t Kill You, It Makes You Strong part two
The meeting with the medical students is not that polite. Now I will grant you they had just finished their exams (because of the Hebron… Read More »June 25, 2014 Medicine: If It Doesn’t Kill You, It Makes You Strong part two
June 25, 2014 Teaching in the Ghetto part one
The Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Dis ended up on the wrong side of the wall. Every time bus #36 from East Jerusalem turns this particular… Read More »June 25, 2014 Teaching in the Ghetto part one
June 24, 2014 Travelling while Occupied
Blogging retrospectively is a challenge, I am reporting from the ground and the ground is in constant seismic shift mode. Let me acknowledge that the… Read More »June 24, 2014 Travelling while Occupied
June 23, 2014 Building Dreamers in a Nightmare part three
I write this blog belatedly about a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem and Yasser Qous, an Afro-Palestinian who runs a youth center in… Read More »June 23, 2014 Building Dreamers in a Nightmare part three
June 23, 2014 Water and Salt part two
We meet with Randa Wahbe, the dedicated and articulate advocacy officer at Addameer, on the sixty-first day of the longest hunger strike by administrative detainees… Read More »June 23, 2014 Water and Salt part two
June 23, 2014 Tarnishing the Israeli Brand part one
Our meeting with Omar Barghouti, one of the leaders of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, starts in a stairwell, since the office where… Read More »June 23, 2014 Tarnishing the Israeli Brand part one