This year, Jerusalem Day fell on Naksa Day (the anniversary of the occupation). I found this poster, from a leftist group in the early 80s, a few weeks earlier: “Just don’t say you didn’t know!” […]
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In Memory of Baha Nababta
One of the best people I’ve met in a very, very long time, a social activist and community organizer from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, Baha Nababta, was murdered three days ago by an unknown assailant, while fixing […]
50 Years of Occupation Book Project
Issa Amro & authors at an old entrance to Shuhada Street, Hebron. Credit: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills Since November 2014, I’ve been working with authors Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon and activists from Breaking the Silence on coordinating a book project […]
Monitoring Checkpoints, Radical Right-Wing Rappers, Virtual Death Threats & more.
Jerusalem, Fall 2015: where methods of collective punishment go virtually unchallenged, and where challenging these methods can get you death threats. I’ll explain. The Situation On October 1st, 2015, “the situation,” as it is euphemistically called […]
“You stopped him just because he’s Arab!” — “I should stab you, you Leftist!”
I was standing at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, after a long day. This day included getting dragged out of the World Zionist Congress with another 15 or so Jews for passing out flyers […]
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 […]
Fear and a little shame and running in the morning
This morning, I went on my weekly long run. Usually, I go into the Jerusalem forrest, and do a loop, but I’d noticed recently that during each of these runs, I’d be haunted by a […]
Survive and be decent [A story from Jerusalem]
JERUSALEM — Early this evening, I walked back from the Central Bus Station, in the direction of Nahlaot, my old neighborhood in central West Jerusalem, to visit family. I’d just finished a really good and […]
“Today you went into East Jerusalem?!?” (An aggressive interview with myself)
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
Are you crazy!?! According to the IDF I am… But seriously, you went into East Jerusalem today!?! In the midst of Armageddo- I mean- Intifad– I mean- you know…
There is no such thing as a “revenge attack,” updated again.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “REVENGE ATTACK.” I first formulated this idea in response to the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, who was beaten and burned to death in 2014. In that post, […]
The Leftern Wall 