apartheid wall
The Writing on the Apartheid Wall
I went to Israel and the West Bank in November of 2010 to see the situation first hand: to meet with people and hear their stories; to get a sense of the reality of everyday life, both throughout Israel and throughout the West Bank.
Debate of the Century Continues: Wall, Fence or Clothesline?
Haaretz (censored) reports that Israeli airline El Al is changing the term “separation wall” to “security fence” on all maps of Israel/Palestine that it distributes to passengers. The error (?) was noticed by Israel ’s consul general in Los Angeles , Yeki “Eagle Eyes” Dayan, as he boarded a plane to occupied Palestine . Apologizing [...]
Roger Waters Doesn’t Hold Back
Roger Waters, from the rock band Pink Floyd, made the news today after touring the wall at the Aida Refugee Camp and then visiting Jenin where he’s supporting the rebuilding of a cinema there (www.cinemajenin.org). What I found interesting was how the Jerusalem Post covered the story, starting with their headline: “Tear down the wall, [...]
Tear Gas Canisters Shot at Protestors at Close Range
The Israeli army seems to have adopted the practice of using tear gas canisters, which are meant to be shot into the air and fall a few hundred meters away, directly against non-violent demonstrators at close range. Just a few weeks ago, Tristan Anderson was shot at close range in the head with a tear [...]
Banking Off the Wall
The conservative National Post of Oh Canada reported on the web project that lets outsiders order graffiti on Israel’s “terrorist-repelling clothes-line” — as Fadi calls it. It is an ingenious gag that treats the wall with the ironic disdain it deserves. It has an expressly political message, as its FAQs are almost as nicely radical [...]
Discourse around the Wall
Aaron David Miller and Jimmy Carter both said on Diane Rehm today two things that made me cringe. You can listen here to the whole hour, they start talking about the Apartheid Wall about half way through. Both President Carter and Miller refer to the Wall as “impermanent,” and state that if it had been [...]
Separate Is Never Equal: Stories of Apartheid from South Africa to Palestine
The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation toured two speakers, Diana Buttu and Rev. Eddie Makue, to discuss the Apartheid analogy. They presented on the similarities and differences between Israel and Apartheid South Africa. To watch videos of their talks, click Buttu presented an analysis of Israel’s facts on the ground using maps. Rev. [...]
Why Didn’t You Wear a Seatbelt
So the wall causes this farmer in Bil’in (whom I incidentally got to know while I was there) to get his tractor tangled up and have a serious accident, ending up in serious condition. What are we supposed to say? He should’ve been more careful? Why did he take his kids on his tractor for [...]
A Journey Through Occupation
I left Ramallah for the first time in three years last week en route to a company party in Jericho. The very fact of my imprisonment within Ramallah’s borders is testament to the incredible pressure and whimsical laws an occupied people are subject to at the hands of their occupiers. An inane rule imposed by [...]
Israeli soldiers gets frustrated, kills a Palestinian kid
Those poor Israeli soldiers, eh? Dealing with civilian protestors from Nil’in objecting to the theft of their land for the benefit of illegal settlements, the soldiers are becoming increasingly frustrated at the villagers refusal to just shutup and give in. So they shoot them. Last week imaged were broadcast around the world of an Israeli [...]
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