One January 30th, 2012, I launched The Leftern Wall, about half a year after moving back to Jerusalem as platform for writings, reflections, videos, photos, stories and polemics, mostly relating to the occupation and nonviolent […]
Month: January 2015
How a podcast about gay pacifist civil rights hero Bayard Rustin gave me some hope for here
I will start with a confession: I am obsessed with podcasts. Like, obsessed-obsessed. I probably listen to more than 12 hours of podcasts a week. Mostly, I love the ones that are focused on stories and narratives (My […]
Why the IDF mistranslates its own 1 min. video by adding the word “Terrorist” four times.
This morning, I was scanning Twitter, and stumbled across this odd tweet from the IDF Spokesperson. #Balloons are more than just toys. #IDF soldiers use them to stop #terrorist activity on #Gaza border https://t.co/2z1VKhs3na — […]
5 thoughts and must reads connected to the Charlie Hebdo attack
1. Twelve human beings were murdered. This is the obvious part of the story, but it also needs to be stated, and then re-stated. The discourse -as discourse does- often plunges straight into analyses, take-aways, interpretations, corollaries […]
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