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Taking on TIAA-CREF, with pain and outrage
Today in Charlotte, North Carolina, CREF, part of TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America and the College Retirement Equities Fund), a $400 billion finanical services, investment and retirement company, held its annual shareholders’ meeting. The company elected trustees, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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Gov’r Deval Patrick gives Tribe hummus a tax break. Oy
Lately Alice Rothchild appeared on Arabic Hour, Arab-American community television, to talk about boycott. We asked her for a summary of the show, which you can watch here. I was asked to discuss local Boston area efforts in the realm … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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An educated Palestinian describes her rightslessness
I thought my last day in Ramallah, January 15, would be a reflective, low key day to catch up, finish blogging, look at my 700+ emails, and pack, when my host asks me to join him and the US student … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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I get a closeup picture of the health care system and women’s lives in Palestine
For the second week of the delegation, we divide into different interest groups and the medical folks are based in Nablus, working with Palestinian Medical Relief Society. On the second day we are standing in the waiting area of the … Continue reading
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Who profits from the occupation?
As we learn more about the BDS movement, a critical question emerges: what companies are involved with which activities that ultimately sustain the occupation? In Tel Aviv we meet Dalit Baum, an Israeli member of the Coalition of Women for … Continue reading
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‘I am here to save the Jews from Israel’
Saed Abu Hijeh, a poet, geographer, and radio host, greets us in his garden in Nablus, explaining that this is where is mother, well known peace activist Shaden Abdel Qader Al Saleh Abu-Hijleh, was assassinated by Israeli soldiers in 2002 … Continue reading
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Inside Qalqilyia: Choked by a wall and 12 settlements, its water and ancestral lands stolen
Qalqilyia, a bulge of land in the West Bank protruding westward against the Green Line, was the first city in 2002 to be fully enclosed by the separation wall, with one checkpoint, like the neck of a bottle, emptying the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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‘What is this, delusional?’ (the west’s deafening silence on the Judaization of Jerusalem)
January 9, East Jerusalem We were in the midst of a political tour of East Jerusalem with journalist and activist Abu Hassan, trying to comprehend the bizarre realities in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. We stand in front of the house … Continue reading
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The siege of Gaza: Due to attacks on fishermen, now even fish must come thru tunnels from Egypt
A torrential rain sweeps through Nablus, the city of hills, and the street is briefly turned into a rushing river as we come to meet Dr. Allam Jarrar, our friend and partner at Palestinian Medical Relief Society. He looks fit … Continue reading
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In Bil’in, protesters wear yellow stars with ‘Palestinian’ written on them
If you are going to be tear gassed, I strongly suggest you rub Vicks Vapor Rub in your nostrils, bring an onion to smell, or alcohol swabs although fragrant baby wipes work fairly well, and don’t forget to bring a … Continue reading
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How I became a human smuggler
I have to confess, we were not prepared. We were not even aware of the white-faced American mostly Jewish privileged skin in which we were living. Our bus left the tiny village of Mas’ha, heading past Ariel to the municipality … Continue reading
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In Ramallah: ‘Today an orchestra, tomorrow a state’
A few tales from Ramallah: The dangerous qanun and the intoxication of power We leave the taxi at Qalandia checkpoint and for 50 shekels grab a ride in the back of a truck with Israeli license plates. The truck … Continue reading
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Outside Akko, I run into Christian Zionists from Arkansas
I am always jolted by the contradictions of Ben Gurion airport, a bastion of modernity and normalcy, evocative art and posters celebrating the Israeli national mythos. I know my Palestinian friends cannot walk these corridors, my heart lurches when the … Continue reading
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What Occupation? News from the good Palestinians
The June 6th NY Times Sunday travel section, which boasted a breezy article entitled “Ramallah Attracts a Cosmopolitan Crowd,” felt more sinister than the usual come-to-once-dangerous-places-and-sip-groovy-drinks travel story. Michael Luongo focused on the hot new music, restored Art deco houses, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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No Borders
I write with a mixture of outrage and heartbreak as the news unfolds about the Israeli commandos boarding the flotilla of ships bound for Gaza, carrying wheelchairs, home building supplies, medications, playgrounds, and thousands of tons of desperately needed materials. … Continue reading
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Hebron leaves us stunned, devastated, drowning in shame
On January 12th, we drive to the southern West Bank city of Hebron. This city is literally drowning in a complex, traumatic, and violent history, that has given birth to the outrageous situation we see today. Most people start the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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Getting to the root of the conflict
On January 11, the delegation I’m traveling with visited with Mohammed Jaradat of the BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights. He speaks in a deep, resonant voice and has sparkling olive green eyes that twinkle as he … Continue reading
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‘Take me back to my homeland, even as a rose’
Today in Israel, a center for culture and science, medicine and high tech, religious revival and literature, famous nature reserves and gorgeous beaches, I learned how to step across coils of barbed wire. It is critical to walk cautiously, to … Continue reading
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Arbitrary occupier’s law used to clamp down on Palestinian life
On January 4th, the health and human rights delegation that I’m on was scheduled to meet with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, Legislative Council member, former Palestinian Authority Minister of Information, and founder of Palestinian Medical Relief Society. We arrive at the … Continue reading
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Engaging in the struggle – not with guns, but with culture
As I continue my journey into the West Bank, I find examples of Palestinian nonviolent resistance in the most unexpected of places. At the Palestinian Heritage Center in Bethlehem, I wander into a lushly decorated traditional living room, floor to … Continue reading
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‘Beautiful resistance’ in Bethlehem’s Aida refugee camp
As I travel in the West Bank and see the ravages of the Israeli occupation and the disintegration of much of Palestinian hope as well as a functional political process, a question keeps haunting me. In the US, people who … Continue reading
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Scenes from Israel/Palestine
Welcome to Israel For me, a flight to Israel is fraught with an intense mixture of excitement, angst, despair, and a powerful feeling of political solidarity. The Delta flight from New York catches me by surprise with pot-bellied bearded men … Continue reading
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Israel’s relations with the US are not strained by bad PR, but rather by occupation and siege
Alice Rothchild submitted the following letter to the Boston Globe in response to its coverage of the recall of Israeli consul general Nadav Tamir. Dear Editor: It is a measure of the both the blindness and weakness of Israeli leaders that … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government
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