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, […]
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Chipping Away at the Wall: Palestinian activists lead 150 Israelis on a tour of Issawiya
This afternoon, a number of Palestinian activists and residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya -home to 18,000 people, all of whom have suffered directly from the Jerusalem Municipality’s policy of collective punishment over […]
Six Palestinians from East Jerusalem talk about life under occupation to 200+ Israelis in West Jerusalem
A curation of live-tweets from last night’s event, in which six Palestinian activists, students and residents of East Jerusalem came to a West Jerusalem bar to take part in an event co-organized by Israeli left-wing […]
Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis protest collective punishment in East Jerusalem
[Originally published on +972 Magazine] In the midst of the heightened tension gripping much of Jerusalem over the past few weeks, over 800 people marched peacefully through the village of Issawiya Wednesday, calling for an […]
The Leftern Wall 