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Category Archives: Accompaniment
Al Auja: A Resistance Chronicle
On Friday 4/21/2017 shepherds from Al Auja in the Jordan Valley, Palestine were assaulted by Israeli settlers. Five solidarity activists who accompanied them were injured. A week later (4/28/2017) hundreds swarmed the hills to protest against the settlement and its … Continue reading
Posted in Accompaniment, Jordan Valley, Occupation, Palestine, Stream-of-Consciousness, Ta'ayush
Tagged Activism, Apartheid, Jordan Valley, Occupation, Palestine, Violence
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Hesitant Hope: One Year In The Jordan Valley
Bedouin shepherds were forced out of their land last Thursday, but not all hope is lost. Concluding a year of Ta’ayush activity in the Jordan Valley. Rain drops sound like bullets on the tent cover and wake me before the … Continue reading
Posted in Accompaniment, Atalya Ben-Abba, Jordan Valley, Ta'ayush
Tagged Activism, Atalya Ben-Abba, Fire Zone, Jordan Valley, Resistance, Ta'ayush
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A Funny Thing Happened in the Jordan Valley Last Thursday
[This post was published on Mondoweiss and in French on Paris-luttes.info] I found myself standing in front of a military bulldozer like this:
Posted in Accompaniment, Jordan Valley, Occupation, Palestine, Ta'ayush
Tagged Apartheid, Demolitions, Jordan Valley, Occupation, Palestine, Ta'ayush
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Looking for the Anarchists
It is especially early in this day of winter. We’re hoping to pass before the auhtorities arrive. Last week Taayush activists have been stopped, driven slow and madly backwards, with a one-of-a-kind warrant of ideological profiling, prohibiting activists from reaching … Continue reading
Posted in Accompaniment, Anarchists Against the Wall, Clowning, Firing Zones, Occupation, Palestine, South Hebron Hills, Ta'ayush
Tagged Activism, Amira Hass, Anarchism, Anarchists Against the Wall, Apartheid, David Graeber, David Shulman, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Normalization, Occupation, Occupy Wall Street, Palestine, Privilege, South Hebron Hills, Ta'ayush
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A Spy and an Action – Umm al ‘Amad and al Ma’asara
Not every day does one get to meet a spy. Spies are curious creatures. In an emotional universe of suspicion and secrecy, confrontation with common decency may strike them unprepared. Saturday the 27th of July. Arrival in Umm al-‘Amad. Ezra … Continue reading
Posted in Accompaniment, Al Ma'asara, Clowning, Occupation, Palestine, South Hebron Hills, Stream-of-Consciousness, Ta'ayush
Tagged Activism, Al Maasara, Anarchists Against the Wall, Apartheid, Bil'in, Clowning, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, middle-east, Occupation, Palestine, Resistance, South Hebron Hills, Ta'ayush
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The False Arrests – Umm al-Kheir
Saturday July 7th, 2013. We’re called urgently to Umm al-Kheir. When we arrive, a woman is shouting and people from the village are running down the hill. Abdallah starts running ahead of me with his big camera. He sprints incredibly … Continue reading
Initial Grappling With Weird – Umm al-Ara’is
The warrant was issued, we were shooed off the land. I sang an Italian song about the vanishing greens of the countryside as they were pushing us off. Clown self-diffusal mechanism , if anything. We settled, beyond the imaginary white … Continue reading
On Herds, Authors, Soldiers, Settlers and Porta Potties
A blow to the ribs is the small token I received from the soldiers for coming once again to accompany people to their land in Umm al-Ara’is. This time we staged some resistance. We approached the land from three different … Continue reading
Posted in Accompaniment, Firing Zones, Occupation, Palestine, South Hebron Hills, Ta'ayush
Tagged Fire Zone, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Occupation, Palestine, Ta'ayush
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