BlogPost: Recapping the Twilight Zone Media by Tali Shapiro
One must travel into the alternate universe, known as Israel, ever so often. So I put on my goggles and nose plug and sink my hands deep into Ha’aretz’s front page…
One must travel into the alternate universe, known as Israel, ever so often. So I put on my goggles and nose plug and sink my hands deep into Ha’aretz’s front page…
I’ve probably told this story- orally- hundreds of times, in the past nine months. It’s a story I find fascinating, and I ask it of every Israeli I meet: How did you become a dissident?..
On the way to their military jeep they twisted my arms and beat me. I kept calling out that I wasn’t resisting the arrest, until a hand clutched my throat and I suddenly couldn’t breathe much less shout. Soldiers who passed by the group dragging me to the
I always talk about Israeli pacifists and their inability to see the barriers they place on the Palestinian road to justice, dignity, and human rights. Today I’d like to talk about a much more appalling occurrence; Amnesty International supporting Leona
Zionists suffer from an inherent identity crisis. You can’t be a humanist or a pacifist, have compassion, or trust. You can’t be non-religious, even if you’re an atheist. You can’t be an individual (although you can have the capitalist illusion of
I met Yousef on Facebook. He said he wants to convey the suffering that is going on in Gaza. He gave me permission to publish his story, in his own words. This is Gaza, 8 months after the blitz…
It’s true that not all is black and white, and I could have lived happily within the Ethnocratic bubble of Zionism, but I choose to have my eyes open. Indeed, you’ll find that Hasbara comes in many different colors- all the colors of the rainbow…
On Saturday, I had the great pleasure of attending, what in my view, could be regarded as a historical meeting…
People who practice civil disobedience in the name of justice and humanity, and people who just sit at home living, are subjected to humiliation and violence, every day. I have no petitions for the people of Bil’in, or the farmers and activists of Safa.
When award-wining and influential journalist and author, Naomi Klein, comes to Israel/Palestine, and decides her first stop is a tiny town (less than 2000 people) in the Occupied Territories, you’d think that would make headlines…