Potatoed immigrant children
I have suddenly fallen in love with green nature. Swear to God this must be because I am now living in a box in the sky. I was born in…
Tag Archives: occupied Palestine
Girls As Women
I am the little one, with head shaped like a potato. The beautiful woman is my patrilineal grandmum Standing by the Mediterranean’s wintered coastline at Gaza, in approximately 1980, my…
Even baggies have hearts
A little girl, asked where her home was, replied, “where mother is.” ~Keith L. Brooks Often, I have teased my mum about the weird seeds she saves in her fridge….
A Childhood Photograph
When my matrilineal grandmother – teeta – died, found in her night table drawer was the most important photograph she’d carried with her throughout her life. Teeta came from what…
Well done, University of Michigan
A protest against the IDF soliders visiting the campus to share their fibbing. Dig it. Comments closed.
Elvis Costello is the biggest badass in the industry
In support of the Divestment campaign, Costello cancels his two scheduled concerts in Israel. Read his full statement here and share the information, as you see fit. If you support…
Animated short from Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
From the amazing activist and (anti-Zioniost Jewish) Yoni Goodman, please watch this 1 minute and 35 second animated short. Share if you think it is worthy of dissemination. Comments closer.
$15 Billion annually from US tax $$ to Israeli citizens (understanding the Zionist power lobby in the USA)
The video that was originally posted on YouTube has mysteriously disappeared. You can, instead, find it here. Watch & share. As Americans, you need to understand that while you are…
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
If you never read another political book in your life, then please and for the love of all things righteous and humane, please please please read Ilan Pappe’s The Ethnic…
UN’s Richard Falk: IDF seizure of Gaza-bound ship ‘criminal’
Please take a moment to read this. From the article: “Richard Falk [who is an expert on international law], an American Jew and the United Nations special rapporteur on human…
‘Moral Army’
I am not of the belief that there can ever be such a thing as a ‘moral army’. I feel nothing but sorrow for the State of Israel – because…
Petition to be signed today (15 Jan 2009)
From friend Charles Glass: “Attached is an open letter concerning the Israeli war on Gaza. If you agree with its terms, please send your signature directly to p.hallward@mdx.ac.uk . It…
White Phosphorous: And so the Israeli argument goes…
My article can be found and read here. Comments here are closed…
Fashionable death in Gaza
This is my article at rabble re the war on Gaza. Comments here are closed…
My interview with CBC re Gaza
Gaza.mp3 I sure do say “absolutely” a lot. & Happy new year to you all. Comments here are closed.
100 acres of land
Is one of the properties my (father’s) family owns in Gaza. On this land were thousands of orange, grapefruit, lemon, olive & valencia trees. We’ve owned this land for generations…
The Gaza Bombshell
You must please read Vanity Fair’s The Gaza Bombshell. It is a lengthy article and so I recommend you print it up and then read it when you are in…
World Cup Football and Memories of Gaza
My very first memory of futbol was as a baby of less than four years. My father played on a local team and my mom and I would watch and…
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