Tag Archives: Palestinian Occupation

Marilyn Katz : West Bank Diaries

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Shuttered Palestinian shops along Shashuda Street in Hebron, West Bank. Photo by Marilyn Katz.The separation is total:West Bank Diaries More than anything it appears that these fences are cages, locking people in, restricting their movement, and ultimately making them prisoners … Continue reading →

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Marilyn Katz : Israel Needs a New Narrative

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Thorne Dreyer

Israeli soldiers guard Palestinians protesting the relocation of an Israeli road gate in Beit Iksa in the occupied West Bank, on March 22, 2012. Photo by Ahmad Gharabli / AFP / Getty Images.Israel needs a new narrative Casting Jews as … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Light Unto the Nations

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Israeli “Agronomic (sic) flashlight grip (T-GRIP).” (Get ’em while they’re hot. Image from IsraelMilitary.comLight unto the nations By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / April 11, 2011 What is it? It doesn’t seem to be a bird. Definitely not … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : Ian McEwan Speaks Half-Truths to Power

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from webshots.Ian McEwan:Speaking half-truths to power By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / February 23, 2011 The action In the midst of cries for freedom in the Middle East and Africa, Ian McEwan claimed the Jerusalem Prize for … Continue reading →

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Marc Estrin : The Far-Reaching Effects of Child Abuse

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from PsychCentral.Child abuse:Here, there, and likely everywhere By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / August 15, 2010 There have been several large studies on the effects of occupation — bombing, physical injury, house demolitions, tear gassing, house searches, … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 4

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The two wild cards. Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani shown with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2009. Photo by Amir Kholoosi / ISNA.Part 4: Two wild cards, Turkey and IranIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By Jack A. … Continue reading →

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Jack A. Smith : Israel and Palestine After the Flotilla / 1

Posted on July 6, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President Barack Obama walkd with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the Oval Office at the White House Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP.Part 1: Change is in the windIsrael and Palestine after the Flotilla By … Continue reading →

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Stealing Beauty : Protesting Israeli Cosmetics Made in Occupied Palestine

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Austin protest:Ahava cosmetics producedIn illegal Israeli settlements By Alice Embree / The Rag Blog / April 26, 2010 More than 30 people carried picket signs in front of the Gateway Shopping Center in Austin on Saturday, April 24, urging shoppers … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : The U.S. Must Stop Israel’s Drunk Driving

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Peace World Journal.Don’t let your friends drive drunk:U.S. must do more than wring its hands By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / March 18, 2010 “Cursed be he who moves back his neighbor’s territory-marker. And all … Continue reading →

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Tilting at Windmills : Don Quixote, the Israel Ballet, and the Dance of Apartheid

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Don Quixote goes mad. Engraving by Gustave Doré. Image from Wikimedia Commons.Showing Israel’s ‘prettier face’:Don Quixote comes to Burlington Whether conscious or not, there is a deep irony in the choice of Don Quixote as a touring piece for the … Continue reading →

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Robert Jensen : Mainstream Media and the Conventional Wisdom

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Ethan Bronner, Jerusalem bureau chief of The New York Times. His son joined the Israeli army.NY Times and Palestine imbroglio:No conflict of interest with conventional wisdom by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 9, 2010 The New York … Continue reading →

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Bob Simmons : A Medical Mission to Palestine (Documentary Video)

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

A Medical Mission to Palestine – Part 1 from Telebob on Vimeo. Good works done by good people:A Medical Mission to PalestineBy Bob Simmons / The Rag Blog / December 3, 2009 See Parts 2-4 of A Medical Mission to … Continue reading →

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