“Guns and Onions” — a must-watch short film by Aaron Rotenberg, released on the occasion of Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday. Aaron is a super talented filmmaker, a deeply decent soul, and a dear friend with […]
Category: Demonstrations
Activist Sarah Brammer-Shlay’s arm severely broken by police on Jerusalem Day; help needed.
Hey friends. As many of you know, I haven’t written on the The Leftern Wall in a long time. My shorter writings have mostly been condensed into <140 characters, i.e., Twitter, and my longer writings have […]
“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 […]
A Twitter-Photo Essay: “Just Another Strange Afternoon as a Guest in Occupied East Jerusalem.”
Ok. Time for a Twitter-Photo Essay. I'm going to call it.."Just Another Strange Afternoon as a Guest in Occupied East Jerusalem." Here goes: — Mori Rothman-Zecher (@Moriel_RZ) August 3, 2015 1. We arrived in Issawiya, […]
A Night of Horror: Stabbing at Jerusalem Pride; Murderous Burning in the West Bank
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 friend, Jenna, whom we’d met in Berkeley […]
UPDATE: Susiya’s High Court Discussion Delayed; Demolitions Likely Delayed Also
[Note: This post has been altered to account for updated language and information]. This is the update from Rabbis for Human Rights and “Free Jerusalem,” a few of the many groups of activists and organizers working […]
IDF “discovers” that Palestinian Susiya is Palestinian Owned (Coincidence?)
This was the article on the front page of Haaretz this morning: You can read the full piece here. It is too early to say what this will mean, in practice, but I think it is […]
A 10:00 AM Demonstration Against the Planned Eviction of the Sub Leban Family; Next Steps
10:00 AM, Sunday, March 22nd: Ahmad Sub Leban, a friend and colleague, welcomes a group of about 60 activists and journalists outside of his family’s home in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City: “We are […]
A Jerusalem Protest Against Children’s Arrests
This morning, at 11:00 AM, around 60 or 70 Jerusalemites – Palestinian and Israeli – gathered outside the Jerusalem Municipality’s office in West Jerusalem to protest the practice of children’s arrests in East Jerusalem. The […]
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