Jeff Blankfort just emailed me to say I need a photo, and he’s right. I love Arab portraits because I know so little about Arab culture and want to know more, want to enter the dream of the Palestinian kids….
[A pool in Haifa. Before the Nakba.] My wife has picked up the refrain that I’m a post-Zionist. “You’re a post-Zionist! Let me explain why,” she declares. “Post- means that you’re not engaged in that old energy. Anti- means that…
Jeff Blankfort: “Only a single member of Congress, Dennis Kucinich,has come out unequivocally against the Israeli war… the only paper to report Kucinich’s remarks was the Cleveland Leader.” Looks like Kucinich is getting pickup in other independent outlets. And Al-Jazeera…
The Oakland Education Association, a union representing 2800 teachers, has taken a truly bold stance re Gaza: The OEA unreservedly condemns the murderous Israeli assault on Gaza, their deliberate targeting of the civilian population, including schools and hospitals, and Israel’s…
Names unknown, photographer unknown. I assume the man is a Hamas member–green epaulets. And here is a horrifying video of the aftermath of a wanton attack in Gaza on January 1. Countless victims are obviously civilians and children. Notice the…
Two anti-Zionist voices. First, Jeff Blankfort: The Israelis admit that this current war is partially to restore the deterrent factor of the IDF that was ripped to shreds by Hizbollah in 2006, as it was during Israel’s occupation of Lebanon…
Below are opinions from two non-Zionist Jewish pals of mine about what Gaza means for the lobby/Obama. In this corner, wearing the white trunks, is Jack Ross, who is optimistic and who I completely agree with, and who was dubbed…
Here are two photographs Jeff Blankfort took in the Bakaa refugee camp in Jordan in August 1970. They show young Palestinian kids, Ashbal, or Lion Cubs, as they were called, getting ready to fight to retake the land taken from…