[This piece was originally published on the Daily Beast, via Peter Beinart’s blog, Open Zion]. Israel plans to demolish the entire village of Susya. Defending the proposed demolition, the “Defense/Security” section of the settler news site Arutz Sheva (they file […]
Category: Housing Demolitions & Evictions
“Susiya” by Moriel Rothman (another spoken word poem)
Last week, the entire village of Susiya, located in the South Hebron Hills, received demolition orders. I wrote this piece as a small sliver of protest. Susiya is screaming softly through small shards of sharp stones and little puddles of water […]
Al Arakib and the Splendor of Endurance
Today is the 32nd day of the Omer, the countdown (or up) between Passover and Shavuot, when the Jewish people received the Torah at Sinai. Each week and day of the Omer has a mystical […]
Israel Demolishes Restaurant in Beit Jala, and other downlifting updates
This morning, I went to meet with a bunch of folks from various Israeli, Palestinian and international NGOs. The meeting was in Beit Jala, a common meeting place for Israelis and Palestinians in that it […]
The Leftern Wall 