Abdallah Abu Nab has lived in his family’s home in Batan al-Hawa, Silwan, East Jerusalem, since he was born; if the settler organization Ateret Cohanim’s plans go through, Abdallah and his family will be made […]
Tag: Occupation
As Predicted, Ayelet “Little Snakes” Shaked is calling for “death penalty for Jewish Terrorists ”
Quick post. Just wanted to update regarding part of the piece I wrote last week in +972 Magazine, ”Why the Left must oppose administrative detention for Jewish terrorists.” In it, I wrote: ”The outrage flowing from […]
Why the Left must oppose Administrative Detention for Jewish Terrorists (+972 Magazine)
[This piece was originally published in +972 Magazine on August 5th, 2015; Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org] Jewish extremists are suspected to have been behind the heinous murder of an 18-month-old Palestinian child in the West Bank last […]
Jerusalem is boiling over
Waiting for the light rail next to the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem, It is so hot I can barely think. Everyone I look at is wearing a similar expression, as if the heat is […]
Context, or, Why pro-occupation Israeli politicians’ condemnation of Ali Saad Dawabshe’s murder are not really condemnations at all
I just got home from the rally at Zion Square, and the parts of the rally that addressed the murder of 18 month-old Ali Saad Dawabshe left me feeling deeply upset, rather than hopeful. Indeed, […]
A Night of Horror: Stabbing at Jerusalem Pride; Murderous Burning in the West Bank
Yesterday afternoon, Kayla and I made our way into central West Jerusalem for this year’s Jerusalem Pride Parade. It was a sunny, crisp afternoon, and we met up with a friend, Jenna, whom we’d met in Berkeley […]
Two ways to respond to the “Susiya isn’t real” madness
There is no way to justify the demolition of Susiya except by justifying bigotry and oppression. None. The right wing knows this. They know that the real reasons for Susiya’s pending demolition — occupation, racism, […]
How These Two Headlines Illustrate the Nonexistence of “Objective” News
I opened my phone this morning, and two had notifications, both about the same event, from Ynet and Haaretz: In general, it is often possible to glean a newspaper’s narrative or ideology from its titles, […]
48 years since 1967’s occupation. (67 years since 1948). A march, some photos, some thoughts.
I. The Annual General Classical March Against the Occupation is usually held in Tel Aviv. This year – last night, Saturday, May 31st – it took place in the streets of West Jerusalem. This change of […]
The Problem is the Policy. 18 Tweets, Photos and Videos from Jerusalem Day 2015.
Only after arriving in jerusalem today did he begin to ask himself: did I really want to come to Jerusalem today? — Mori Rothman-Zecher (@Moriel_RZ) May 17, 2015 The conundrum of this place (&perhaps of […]
The Leftern Wall 