Photo by A. Daniel Roth. This Shabbat, activists in 15 locations around the world will hold events, actions and Shabbat services under the framework of a Global Shabbat Against Demolition (New York City, London, Pittsburgh, Susiya, […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
“Take a deep breath, and don’t touch the American Jews.”
Photo by A. Daniel Roth A Friday of Protest and Privilege in occupied Hebron. I returned from my interrogation in high spirits. The interrogator was a smooth-armed Druze officer with hazel eyes, a slight double […]
Karen Isaac’s Post on Cinema Hebron
[Guest author: Karen Isaacs. Photo by A. Daniel Roth]. This post was originally published on Karen’s facebook, here. #cinemahebron Yesterday I was detained for seven hours for refusing to comply with an order to disperse […]
#CinemaHebron – An Initial Roundup
More to come, but as some of you already know, this past weekend, I was detained in Hebron, along with five other activists from All That’s Left and the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (and 30+ more […]
Repost from 2015 – A Night of Horror: Stabbing at Jerusalem Pride; Murderous Burning in the West Bank
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
Yesterday afternoon, Kayla and I made our way into central West Jerusalem for this year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade. It was a sunny, crisp afternoon, and we met up with a…
Black Lives Matter
Originally posted on A Roots Search:
Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Laquan McDonald, Tamir Rice, Amadou Diallo, Eric Gardner, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Jamar Clark, John Crawford III, Walter Scott…and the count stretches back…
Mutasim Ali, a friend and hero, granted Asylum in Israel
Back in mid-2014, I ran into Mutasim Ali on the train. We didn’t know each other well, then, but well enough to say hello and sit down next to each other. I was heading to […]
Jerusalem Day & Naksa Day 2016
This year, Jerusalem Day fell on Naksa Day (the anniversary of the occupation). I found this poster, from a leftist group in the early 80s, a few weeks earlier: “Just don’t say you didn’t know!” […]
Qalandiya Checkpoint (20 Tweets)
1. Qalandiya checkpoint, 5:30AM. pic.twitter.com/nIyqHzyrTp — Mori Rothman-Zecher (@Moriel_RZ) June 7, 2016 2. I imagine going through airport security every morning. If the airport was run by a foreign occupying military. — Mori Rothman-Zecher (@Moriel_RZ) […]
Four – three and a half – pairs of eyes in Hebron
I was in Hebron today. I talked with a man who had lost his eye to a rock thrown by a settler. He took out the replacement to show to us. Then his brother said […]
The Leftern Wall 