Translated by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Original post here. * As I write these words, the details of the horror in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City (during the night of the 15th-16th of May) are becoming […]
Category: Misc.
“Goddamn”
In the spirit of sharing new work related to Israel-Palestine via this older platform, here is a new poem, entitled “Goddamn,” published today in The Common Magazine. Particular gratitude to the brilliant Abraham Katz, who […]
Book Review: The Scholar and the Activist – David Shulman between south hebron and south india
While this blog is technically retired –insofar as I haven’t written new content here for a few years now, and don’t plan for this to be the forum for new writing– I did think (or, […]
Afternoon Mourning.
They worshipped: Like babies, maybe, vulnerable and hopeful God send us more goodness Or maybe they thought about sex Or taxes or or what snacks they would have next Doritos, maybe. Or their families. Maybe they […]
“Gaza,” “Swine,” & A Message Board: Three pictures of words in Hebron today
On an empty IDF “pillbox” tower in Hebron, someone spray painted, in Arabic: “Gaza. Gaza. Gaza.” On an inhabited Palestinian house in Hebron, someone spray painted, in Hebrew: “Mohammad is a swine.” And a message […]
Four Boys, 43 Ex-Soldiers, 5% Opposed to the War: Three Thoughts on Numbers, Sadness & Hope
1. Sadness: Four Boys on the Beach. I have been away from Israel-Palestine for just over three weeks. Something that has begun to sink in over this time was just how incredibly sad this summer was. I think, […]
Painted Trees for Palestine in Oakland
This morning, I woke up and decided to start writing again. After a summer filled with words, with chaos, with death that simultaneously felt nearby and galaxies away, I left Israel-Palestine for familiar-unfamiliar shores: after stopping in […]
Meters & minutes from the Jerusalem tractor attack…
I am leaving a meeting in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, it’s a bit before 2:00 PM. As I begin walking to catch a bus, I feel my phone buzz. I take it […]
Questions for Holocaust Memorial Day
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
Last year, I wrote a piece called “Detangling the Holocaust from Israeli-Palestinian Politics.” In it, I wrote about my initial reaction to the quick approaching Holocaust Memorial Day: a…
Pragmatism or Dogmatism: Hamas and the Dynamics of Ceasefire (An Academic Essay from 2010)
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
{Foreword: As contrasted to most of my blogs, which are short form, informally written, and not fact-heavy, this piece is an 8,000 word research paper I wrote during my…
The Leftern Wall 