Following my NYT piece last month, I did an interview with Jon Wiener of KPFK radio, a noncommercial, listener-sponsored radio station operating out of Los Angeles, California. In this interview, which aired on Wednesday, February 4th, I addressed some […]
2014 was a heartrending year, filled with some devastatingly low lows and a few moments of decency shining between the cracks. There’s been substantial interest in the goings-on here in Israel-Palestine in general (especially in July-August, 2014), and […]
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 […]
[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 […]
As the final event in my Bay Area speaking tour this past month, I had the privilege of talking at the amazing Kehilla Community Synagogue in Oakland, CA. I wanted to share the video of […]
15,000 people protesting against the occupation and for peace in Tel Aviv. That is a lot of people. Not compared to other eras in Israeli history: some estimate that 400,000 gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the […]
I arrive at the Bima Square for what I pray will be the last Tel Aviv demonstration against the ongoing “Operation Protective Edge.” I am told by a smug looking police officer that “there […]
[Co-written,interviewed, filmed and edited with the indomitable Yuval Orr; originally published in +972 Magazine] For the past month, the news in Israel/Palestine has been filled with reports ofmore and more people killed, the vast majority […]
Guest writer: Samuel Tell I am a demonstrator. I’ve been to demonstrations in Hebron (where I almost took a tear-gas grenade to the head), Nabi Saleh, Bil’in, etc. Tonight was the first time I felt […]
Another demonstration tonight, in Tel Aviv. More than a thousand are gathered. The air is serious, heavy. Not much chatting, as is often the case at demonstrations in central Tel Aviv. Instead: chanting, drumming. Across the […]
The Leftern Wall 