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Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people / Uncategorized

February 12, 2016

Uri Avnery: A Lady With A Smile

February 13, 2015 IT IS not easy to be an Arab in Israel. It is not easy to be a woman in Arab society. It is...

Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people / Uncategorized

December 18, 2015

Uri Avnery: A Lonely Lawyer

December 19, 2015 BY NOW EVERY ISRAELI has seen the TV clip several times – showing a 14-year old Arab girl being shot dead near the central market of Jewish Jerusalem. The story is...

Gaza Strip / Israel / Palestinian people

August 23, 2014

Uri Avnery: Son of Death

Uri Avnery / August 23, 2014 Son of Death THE WAR was over. Families returned to their kibbutzim near Gaza. Kindergartens opened up again. A ceasefire was in force and extended again and again....

Gaza Strip / Israel / Man-made Disaster / Palestinian people

August 8, 2014

Welcome Home Villagers: A window into the minds of the Occupiers (“The most moral army in the world”)

The following comes via Tom Clarks’ blog — which you all should check out: he has been posting regularly on Gaza. Palestinians returning home find Israeli troops left faeces and venomous graffiti Ahmed Owedat also found soldiers...

Palestinian people / Syria

February 25, 2014

The Eternal Refugee by Iyad Hayatleh

Via Electronic Intifada, posted by Sarah Irving on Mon, 02/24/2014 – 23:00 : Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian born and raised in Syria, has posted footage of his moving one-man performance The Eternal Refugee, recorded at the Tron...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Book Launch / Gaza Strip / Human rights / Israel / Palestine / Palestinian people

December 28, 2013

Five Years After the Cast Lead Operation: ‘Gaza Writes Back’

Originally posted by Arabic Literature (in English): by mlynxqualey It was five years ago that Cast Lead began. Now a book of short stories, Gaza Writes Back, marks the anniversary. The book’s editor, Refaat Alareer,...

Celebration / Language / Middle East / Obituaries / Painting / Palestine / Palestinian people / Poetry / Translation

August 9, 2013

Mahmood Darwish, Five Years Already

Last night, just before falling asleep I was reading in Pascal Quignard’s Sur le jadis (volume 2 of his Dernier Royaume series) & came across the following sentence: “C’est une plaie qui cherche son...

Arab Culture / Palestine / Palestinian people / Uncategorized

April 9, 2013

Uri Avnery on Obama’s Visit to Palestine

This Avnery piece is to me the most accurate analysis of Obama’s visit I’ve read: In Their Shoes OBAMA IN ISRAEL: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect. Obama...

Gaza Strip / Palestine / Palestinian people

November 21, 2012

Daniel Cohn-Bendit @ European Parliament

At the European Parliament, Cohn-Bendit speaks (unhappily only in French) of the need for the European Community to come clear about Palestine & to back the Palestinians & tell Israel it has to stop...

Live Reading / Palestine / Palestinian people / Poetry

April 10, 2012

Ghassan Zaqtan’s Absence in Albany Today

—> Just learned that today’s event has been cancelled! <— For anybody in Albany or surrounds, please go to the events at the New York State Writers Institute at SUNY Albany that should have...