I. Rattlesnakes The trails were unfamiliar — I barely knew what continent I was on — and fear was gnawing at me as I ran through the craggy, tree-lined trails of Tilden Regional Park. By […]
Category: External Press
Haaretz – On the Occupation & Evil (Feb. 2016)
Jinba, South Hebron Hills — “They came on Tuesday, and destroyed it. The Jews,” said the boy, Hamudi, holding a jagged block of concrete in each hand, and looking at me, “Curse their fathers.” […]
The New York Times – On Refusal (Jan. 2015)
TEL AVIV — “WHAT are you,” he asked, “a leftist?” We were both wearing the surplus United States Marines uniforms given to prisoners at Israeli Military Jail No. 6. “It depends how you define ‘left,’ ” […]
Haaretz – Reflections from Germany on Indigenousness & Dispossession (Jul. 2015)
Augsburg, Germany — I am indigenous-dispossessed here. I was born in West Jerusalem and raised mostly in Southwest Ohio, and now I live in Jerusalem again. This is my second time in Augsburg, and my […]
The Daily Beast – On Discourse & Stone Throwing (Aug. 2013)
The first time I saw a house being demolished in the West Bank village of Al-Khalayleh, I wanted to pick up a stone and throw it at the bulldozer. The first time I went to […]
Religion Dispatches Magazine – A Jewish Perspective on Reparations (Nov. 2014)
Most of the homeless people in Berlin are Jewish. Some of them wear tattered black yarmulkes, their matted beards clinging to emaciated cheeks. Their eyes are sunken and glazed as they plead with German passersby […]
My latest in Haaretz, on Jinba and Evil
This piece was published in Haaretz on February 9th. *** Jinba, South Hebron Hills — “They came on Tuesday, and destroyed it. The Jews,” said the boy, Hamudi, holding a jagged block of concrete in […]
Statement: Stop the Killing – End the Occupation
[The following statement was initiated by a new network of Jews from around the world working for justice in Israel-Palestine; I am a part of the network, have signed the statement, and am proud to […]
Interview by Jen Marlowe for the Nation: “What a week of Extremist Violence Reveals About Israel.”
”…Moriel Rothman-Zecher, an Israeli activist and blogger, was marching in the parade. A few hundred meters ahead, he saw the crowd scatter and begin to scream. He heard someone call out that people had been stabbed. […]
Why the Left must oppose Administrative Detention for Jewish Terrorists (+972 Magazine)
[This piece was originally published in +972 Magazine on August 5th, 2015; Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org] Jewish extremists are suspected to have been behind the heinous murder of an 18-month-old Palestinian child in the West Bank last […]
