Photo by A. Daniel Roth A Friday of Protest and Privilege in occupied Hebron. I returned from my interrogation in high spirits. The interrogator was a smooth-armed Druze officer with hazel eyes, a slight double […]
Tag: Occupation
#CinemaHebron – An Initial Roundup
More to come, but as some of you already know, this past weekend, I was detained in Hebron, along with five other activists from All That’s Left and the Center for Jewish Nonviolence (and 30+ more […]
Jerusalem Day & Naksa Day 2016
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!” […]
Four – three and a half – pairs of eyes in Hebron
I was in Hebron today. I talked with a man who had lost his eye to a rock thrown by a settler. He took out the replacement to show to us. Then his brother said […]
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 […]
On Home
I have actively loved my home since April 1st, 1998. I am sure that before that, as a kid in Jerusalem and Haverford, I must have loved my home in an abstract, whelpy sort of […]
When the Cossacks Destroyed Plotsk to Create a Firing Zone
In the early winter of 1916, the Cossacks destroyed much of the Jewish shtetl of Plotsk. Plotsk had been home to around 80 people, pious poor peasants, many children, sweet, sad-eyed kids with dusty faces […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Leftern Wall 