Besieged Bethlehem—the Wall

Photos Now, finally, after traveling, I get to write about the past two weeks. I’ve already partially written, when on the road, fits and starts, suffering poor computer and Internet access. I have plenty of notes to draw on, written materials given our delegation, information on the web, and a relatively reliable memory. I realize [...]

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In the West Bank with Machsom Watch and Esti Tsal

Photos A friend, Rick, met her earlier thru the Anarchists Against the Wall I believe. She offered to tour Rick, another friend, Marty, and me around some checkpoints that Machsom monitors. Among them Harawwa, south of Nablus, a sometimes horrendous place. This day quiet. Because she was with us I had relatively free access to [...]

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Lorca’s play, Blood Wedding, in Ramallah

Photos Many dreams last night, here are a few, the first two key with respect to women: 1st. L2. As one of us was going away, we decided to sleep together for one last night, we did this compatibly, no rancor, no communication failure, just pure sweet tender gracious love, exactly the sort we had [...]

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Bil’in: an appointment with tear gas

Photos A day in Bil’in, my third. Distinguishing this day was the presence of about 10 French members of the European Parliament, in the region for some sort of mission, and tear gas, clouds and clouds of it, some claimed stronger than usual. I was gassed repeatedly, at one point nearly incapacitated, difficult to see [...]

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Jerusalem: a Palestinian Perspective

Photos The morning of the tour I awoke just as the following dream began (I may never know the outcome): I was with my mother Pearl, she outside our house, me inside. It was a major anniversary of the Massacre at Wounded Knee and the suicide of Vincent van Gogh. She had arranged some sort [...]

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What to Do About an Illegal Highway Cutting Thru Your Land

Photos N told me the organizers of the Bil’in demonstrations feel they’ve achieved all they can for now. They wish to spread the movement of nonviolent creative resistance to other regions of occupied Palestine. The movement is in Bethlehem, and it’s recently moved to highway 443, cutting thru the West Bank from Jerusalem north and [...]

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Painting a mural, Amari refugee camp, Ramallah

Photos Thanks to Rosi Greenberg and a contingent of internationals, we painted much of the mural Rosi designed on the entry walls to the Friends Play Center in Amari refugee camp. As N mentioned later, when I answered her call while I was in the office, adding this to the their site would make a [...]

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Dreams & Visions

Photos Dreams Last night I dreamt about Ibrahim Shatali, from Gaza. He was driving the lead car in our 2-car convoy. It was raining, it was nighttime, he pulled off the road suddenly, I told the driver of the car I was in who’d not noticed the pull off to stop and wait along the [...]

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From Ramallah: Getting to Ramallah, International Solidarity Movement, Another Voice concert

The seed of mystery lies in muddy water. How can I perceive this mystery? Water becomes clear through stillness. How can I become still? By flowing with the stream. —Lao-tzu Photos Two extremely different dreams recently, sleeping in a hotel room while part of the International Solidarity Movement training for non-violent activists. Almost immediately upon [...]

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