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Podcast: A Conversation in Hebron
In this episode, Humble Mumbles happens upon a really cool fellow in Hebron, a city in the West Bank. We talk about Israeli soldiers v. Israeli police, Chosen People attitudes of entitlement, intifadas, neighborhoods. Most melodious episode ever. Continue reading
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A letter to the liberal Zionist who told me to go fuck myself last night
You were there to protect something: to protect a system and a state that protects you. I was there to protect something, too. I was there to protect the notion that all human beings—regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, class, color,… Continue reading
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Arabs Shall You Pursue: A Report Back from a New Resident of Jerusalem
As much as I can intellectually unpack the history that led us to this moment I can’t emotionally comprehend how we arrived at a juncture where Jewish crypto-fascists roam the streets of Jerusalem hunting racialized others in the night. Continue reading
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But holiday festivities make me sad these days
Today when the Shofar blew, I imagined hundreds of Jews wearing Tallitot, blowing the Shofar at Qalandia checkpoint. And then thousands of Jews marching through Jerusalem, blowing Tekiah and Truah and Shvarim in protest of occupation. Continue reading
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Reality Undefined in Palestine
I wonder if existential questions too hard to face, of the seemingly recurrent and inevitable human ability of heart-wrenching violence, suggest that perhaps there is something beyond what we can feel or see. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA… Continue reading
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Fragments: On Hopelessness, Inadequacy, and Hope
“What am I supposed to say about this? What on earth am I supposed to contribute to this? How can I even begin to make things better?” Continue reading