“‘Alhamdulillah.’”
Resilience in the West Bank. The morning was already unbearably warm when I walked out of the Jaffa Gate. Pulling my suitcase behind me, I descended a long flight of steps to the road below to catch a bus for…
“‘Kamala’ and the self-deluding ‘left.'”
The semiology of flowers. Many commentators have attempted to describe the astonishing devolution of Democratic Party politics into sheer marketing: Kamala Harris as product, “new and improved” like a laundry detergent or a frozen dinner. Vanessa Beeley comes up with…
“‘Our soul is here.’”
The Judaization of Jerusalem. A taxi dropped me off on a busy street outside of the Jaffa Gate near the old city of Jerusalem. It was already dark. I had just flown into Ben–Gurion Airport to begin work on “Palestinian…
“‘All due respect.'”
News from the West Bank. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I deposited the final donations for the al–Mughayyir kindergarten playground into an account with Nonviolence International. It will go directly to our partners in the West…
“Al–Mughayyir begins to build its playground.”
Please help us cross the funding finish line. The al–Mughayyir kindergarten fundraiser has raised just over $6,000, I am pleased to report. It is enough to begin breaking ground. This afternoon I deposited the money raised so far into an…
“West Bank update.”
My al–Mughayyir kindergarten fundraiser. I am happy to report that the al–Mughayyir kindergarten GoFundMe campaign has raised $3,955 since I launched it less than one week ago. That amount will fully cover the cost of new playground equipment for the…
“‘Soldiers! Soldiers! Soldiers!’”
The kindergartners of al–Mughayyir. The children of Palestine are striking for their curiosity and fearlessness. Small groups approached whenever I was out walking, often trailing me for several blocks, as they peppered me with questions: “Where are you from?” being…
“Impunity in the West Bank.”
Israel’s seven-front war. I had been back from the West Bank one month when I called a friend in al–Bireh, a friend I cannot name. It was Friday, 14 June. I had been worrying, and it was something of a…
“Introducing: West Bank Alerts.”
Recent news from Occupied Palestine. Note to readers, I now announce the launch of a new Substack newsletter devoted to keeping readers up-to-date on events in occupied Palestine: West Bank Alerts. Since returning from the West Bank at the end of…
“Democracy or global supremacy.”
Democratic Party delegates must choose one come August. In this brief note, the novelist Peter Dimock calls upon Americans to reject Joe Biden’s desperate bid for a second presidential term by prevailing on the four thousand-plus delegates to the Democratic…
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