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
Running between place to place, checking twitter and the news with a twisted feeling in my stomach and a partially crushed soul, I really appreciated reading my dear friend Kumar’s short, stark reflection on the […]
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 