A Killing (An Awful Story) This past weekend, a small kid was nationalistically murdered. Which is to say: This past weekend, Wajih Wajdi al-Ramahi, a 14-year old Palestinian boy from the Jalazun refugee camp near […]
Tag: Negev
Names
Sheikh Jarrah becomes Shimon HaTzadik. Silwan becomes the City of David. Susiya is replaced by Susya. Lest we see this phenomenon as unique to the 1967 Occupation: Sheikh Muwanis becomes Ramat Aviv. Saffuriya becomes Tzippori. […]
Who’s Really Taking Over the Negev? (Haaretz)
Haaretz isn’t taking over the Negev. This piece that I co-wrote with Yariv Mohar was published in Haaretz. :) A few days ago, the Israeli government approved an outline for arranging the settlement of the […]
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 […]