The hummos not yet appropriated by the white man.
Good Friday in Shefa Amr.
Plaque in Haifa’s German Colony: “In the middle of a sparsely populated and largely barren land…”
Jabal Al-Sheikh on a clear day from Haifa. This peak is visible from Lebanon, Syria, and the Galilee. It is impossible for anyone actually from these countries, to see it from all three.
“Martyrs of Racism” poster showing the faces of Palestinian citizens of Israel killed in October 2000 and the Shefa Amr Massacre, among other events.
Road sign for Jenin. The sign was good a few years ago but is now obsolete. All roads lead to the Wall.
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White people stole Kabobfests keffiyeh (kuffiyeh) postings.
http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/97-scarves/
Pathetic right? I thought they were trying to be “original”
Posted by Mr. Friendly | May 1, 2008, 8:56 amI love Hummus esp. when it is roasted. On a serious note:
Mark you calendar for May 23-25 where we assert the Palestinian National rights. We will say it loud that we will never forget. Palestinians are the Key holders of peace. Join the thousands and strengthen the network of the thousands of activists. Express your opinion and let the many panelists know of where Palestine should go. Support our efforts to empower our community and assert the Palestinians right of return. Join the many Palestinian Americans and their supporters in Chicago commemorating the 60th year of the forced exile of the Palestinian people. Be pro active, ask questions to the Panelists and discuss the current event. We must empower ourselves and make a strong network for Justice, Peace and Freedom. Be pro active. Enough talks, actions are required.
Posted by falastini Hurr | May 1, 2008, 10:53 amgreat .. as a palestinian whos never been to palestine (67 or 48) i really enjoyed the photos .. plz post as often as u can
Posted by Jundi | May 1, 2008, 1:20 pmIt’s sad but I’m kind of pleasantly surprised that only like 6 of the comments on that swpl post are blatantly racist.
..this post is pretty good too.
Posted by nadia | May 1, 2008, 4:24 pmpoor emily.
Posted by Anonymous | May 1, 2008, 4:50 pmThe German Colony of Haifa was established by Templars in 1869. The first modern Zionists arrived in 1881 – 12 years later. They landed in Jaffa, not Haifa – although there was already a well-established Jewish community in Haifa.
Most of the Jews who then lived in Haifa were Arabic speakers. They had migrated from North Africa, Yemen and other provinces of the Ottoman Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries, around the same time that many Maronite Christians from Greater Syria (the part now called Lebanon) migrated southward to the Galilee. Many of them settled in Haifa and Nazareth.
The Templars were, of course, Christian. They came to Haifa on a religious pilgrimage. There are historical Templar neighborhoods in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, too. The Sarona Templar village in Tel Aviv was recently renovated, and is particularly lovely.
None have anything to do with modern Zionism. They were established before the idea of modern Zionism existed.
In fact, the residents of Jerusalem’s German Colony hosted Adolf Eichmann in the 1920s; later, during World War Two, the British Mandate Authorities put many German Templars residing in Palestine under administrative attention, because they were suspected of passing information to the German Army in North Africa.
If you read Mark Twain’s “The Innocents Abroad,” in which he describes his travels in the Holy Land during the latter half of the nineteenth century, you will see that he, too, describes the area as barren and largely empty.
Acknowledging this historical fact does not detract from the legitimacy of the Palestinian tragedy in 1948. No-one is denying that around 750,000 Palestinians were displaced during the Naqba, while around the same number of Jews were ejected from Arab lands after 1948. But it also historically accurate that the province of the Ottoman empire which was later named Palestine under the British Mandate was empty and barren in 1869. Let us not forget that this was 80 years before the events of 1948. Populations do grow – through lower mortality rates, higher birth rates, and migration.
Posted by Lisa | May 2, 2008, 3:45 pm