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Category Archives: Occupation
Pre-Psychotic State
I found the psychiatrist via my health insurance company. The clinic was underground. Dystopian, really. A white, fluorescent light made me feel even crazier than what I had hoped for. I think he was called Dr. Hofstatter. A thin layer of silver hair encircled his bald head like a half-broken ashtray. He had circular glasses with a see-through frame. His eyes were quite close to each other, an impenetrable grayish blue. He spoke very little, but when he did, his Hebrew had a faint Russian accent. Continue reading
The Independent: My sister has just spent 110 days in Israeli prison for refusing to serve in the IDF – and I’m so proud
In the effort of organizing my internet presence, I’ll be sporadically adding here a bunch of my articles that were published elsewhere over the past couple of months. This one, showing my sister’s anarchic politics and prison organizing, was published … Continue reading
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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על אנושיות בכלא / מאת עתליה בן-אבא
לסוהרות בכלא אין שמות, כולן נקראות המפקדת. כך למדתי שכמו בכיבוש, גם כאן יחסים של דיכוי מביאים לאובדן האנושיות. את המאמר הבא אחותי עתליה הוציאה לנו בכתב יד צפוף על כמה דפי מחברת תלושים בזמן כליאתה השנייה. היום הוא פורסם … Continue reading
How our childhood games prepared my sister for military prison
After completing a prison stint of twenty days, my sister Atalya Ben-Abba was given another chance to enlist, to which she has refused again, and sentenced to thirty more days of military prison. Apparently the menial chores, the boredom, and … Continue reading
Antisemitism And Its Useful Idiots
All over the world people who challenge Zionism are being accused of antisemitism. You might imagine the one group of dissidents who are safe from this kind of delegitimization is the Israeli Jews—we are not. This cruel irony, when exposed, … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Antisemitism, Occupation, Palestine
Tagged Activism, Antisemitism, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, middle-east, Palestine
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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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“The Term Has Become Meaningless To Me”: On Violence, Social Change, and Nonviolent Communication
[This piece was originally published on CounterPunch. More to come!] “Paying your taxes is violent.” I signal to both ends of the hall and say, “This side is ‘totally agree’ and this side is ‘totally disagree.’” The workshop participants spread … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, NVC, Occupation
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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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