A quick post about three crucial campaigns ongoing right now in Israel-Palestine. The Planned Eviction of the Sumarin Family by the JNF In the fall of 2011, as the JNF/KKL was preparing to evict the […]
Category: Susiya
Sunrise in Susiya – A Poem for the Global Shabbat Against Demolitions
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, […]
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 […]
Nasser Nawaja has been arrested
According to Btselem (Hebrew), Nasser Nawaja, of Susiya, one of the most decent and brave people I have met, has been arrested by the Israeli army/police. The police are refusing to say what the charges […]
The McCarthyist Mole Who Came With ‘’All That’s Left” to Susiya
Shabbat in Susiya. Photo by A. Daniel Roth. June 2015. He looked lonely. That’s the first thing I remember about him from that weekend. He looked lonely, and his nose was very pink from the […]
Save the Date: “Occupation is not our Judaism,” July 10th-20th, 2016
Join folks from The Center for Jewish Nonviolence, from the All That’s Left anti-Occupation collective, and from other groups and movements, this coming summer, in saying: ”Occupation is Not Our Judaism.” Take part in nonviolent direct […]
Top 5 Posts of 2015
(1) 9 thoughts on the matisyahu disinvite, anti-semitism, anti-zionism and leftist discourse Published on August 17th, 2015. ”I want to invite others on the Left, Jewish and non-Jewish, to join the struggle against anti-Semitism in our […]
Center for Jewish Nonviolence – Week of Action (Overview, Schedule & More)
Tomorrow, Monday, October 19th, 2015, in the midst of all of the heartbreak and unfairness and violence and narrowness and collective punishment sweeping Jerusalem in particular and Israel-Palestine in general, hundreds of Jews from all over […]
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 […]
A Response to the Israeli Embassy’s Response Re: Susiya (Snark Warning).
This morning, I got a response to a form-letter I had sent to the Israeli Embassy in London regarding Susiya. In reading the text, I was immediately struck by how expertly they succeeded in saying almost […]
The Leftern Wall 