Didi Remez, a blogger who has been an invaluable news source for those tracking the Israeli media, was shot in the leg with a plastic bullet at the same Friday demo in Nabi Saleh at which Emily Stark of ISM was shot, and at which Huwaida Arraf was arrested. I love the photo above [Remez is in the black jacket, photo by Haidi Totol]– because it offers a glimpse, as so many action shots from West Bank demos do, of Jews and Palestinians struggling together. Change my world, people. Remez:
Until you experience it, you can never understand it: standing 30 meters from a soldier with my hands in the air, he puts a plastic bullet in my leg and continues firing after I drop and at the guys trying to drag me to cover. Ruined my only pair of jeans :-)
RE: “Ruined my only pair of jeans :-)” – Didi Remez
MY COMMENT: That reminds me: Phil did you (and/or your wife) ever get that ink out of your jeans? You know, that time you gave them to your wife to be laundered and neither of you checked the pockets. And a pen was in one of the pockets and leaked ink (in the dryer, I’m guessing based on experience). And there was a big kerfuffle because neither of you would accept responsibility for the oversight.
P.S. Needless to say, I’m glad that Didi Remez was apparently not seriously injured. Also, I believe I still have a barely worn pair of Sergio Valente jeans from the ’80s that I can send him.
i love didi and his blog coteret. i read every post diligently. he provides an invaluable service posting translations of the hebrew press. i am distressed to hear he’s been shot but grateful he’s ok. a brave powerful voice in the peace movement.
Good man. I wish him a quick recovery.
I sometimes wonder if taking photos of the faces of the army thugs and posting them online along with a description of their actions would be a good way to fight back such barbarism.
Sort of like putting the face of child molesters up on the local community web site?
Where would the public post board be for Chaney and Shrub and their MSM scribblers, the neocons and PIP neoliberals? And, of course, the independent, Joe Lieberman?
RE: “taking photos of the faces of the army thugs and posting them online along with a description of their actions” – Avi
MUSICAL INTERLUDE (sponsored by the makers of Ziocaine™):
[Jonny 5]
…They see sharks in the estuary,
They claim the ark is Bartholemew’s;
They say “War is necessary,”
But we say, “War is child abuse!” …
[Jonny 5]
…They shell dwellings to quell the shellings,
They lift taboos to seduce the cowards;
They say we’re too yellow-bellied,
But we say “we’re the new superpower!”
[Tim McIlrath/Jonny 5]
We’d rather make our children [We request to negotiate]
martyrs than murderers! [We come to you unarmed]
We’d rather make our children [We desire to communicate]
White Flag Warriors! …
[Tim McIlrath]
…This is love; this is not treason.
This is love; this is not treason.
This is love; this is not treason.
This is love; this is not treason.
This is love…
Flobots ~ White Flag Warrior featuring Tim McIlrath (03:41) – link to youtube.com
P.S. My God, that viola player (Mackenzie Roberts) is HOT! God? God? You there, God?
The Doomsday Weapon
The Doomsday Weapon , By Uri Avnery — Antiwar.com, 02/22/10
(EXCERPT)…The last of the Zealots committed suicide in Masada.
The Zionists did indeed try to learn from history. They acted in a rational way, did not provoke the great powers, endeavored in every situation to attain what was possible. They accepted compromises, and every compromise served them as a basis for the next surge forward. They cleverly utilized the radical stance of their adversaries and gained the sympathy of the whole world.
But since the beginning of the occupation, their mind has become clouded. The cult of Masada* has become dominant. Divine promises once again start to play a role in public discourse. Large parts of the public are following the new zealots.
The next phase is also repeating itself: the leaders of Israel are starting a rebellion against the new Rome…
* See Peoples Temple Agricultural Project – link to en.wikipedia.org