Settler guard calls the IDF, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.
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Settler teenagers digging in private well
Settler teenagers digging in private well, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. A visit to Nebi Sahleh’s well reveals settler teens digging. The military claims this is an archeological dig and thus block the village from using it. So much for that.
Jul 12th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
Meeting Ayed of “Budrus” fame
Meeting Ayed of "Budrus" fame, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. We met the leadership of the Nebi Sahleh popular committee and in attendance was Ayed, leader of the neighboring village’s commitee of Budrus and subject of "Budrus" the documentary.
Jul 12th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
Heartbreaking occupation story #495,663
As related to me by littlerose who works for Hamoked: A Palestinian woman had not seen her son in over three years, who had been arrested and jailed by Israel. Through Hamoked, one of the largest Israeli human rights legal agencies, the mother faught for and obtained a single visitation. (The rights of prisoners to [...]
Jul 11th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
Sheikh Jarrah pro-protest graffiti
Sheikh Jarrah pro-protest graffiti, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. "Sheikh Jarrah: We’re fighting for Jerusalem." Spotted between King George and Agripas Streets.
Jul 11th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
Videos from yesterday’s Sheikh Jarrah protest
Israel’s upload speeds are awful, awful slow. There are three of ten I took from “kabbalat shabbat” protesting in Sheikh Jarrah yesterday, more coming. Videos taken on Jewschool’s flipcam. The protest begins: An interview with an Israeli activist born in Jerusalem about why he protests here on behalf of democracy: The evicted family is confronted [...]
Jul 10th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 1 Comment
The Fraternity
There is a special family of Diaspora Jews who have been deeply changed by our time in Israel and the territories to which I belong. It’s a fraternity of those scorched so deeply by witnessing what goes on there that we now can’t work on any other issue. The centrality of our Jewishness within addressing not just [...]
Jul 10th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 6 Comments
Kung Fu Jew street art
Kung Fu Jew street art, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Spotted near Jaffa and Schlomtzion streets.
Jul 8th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
An overwhelming day
I wish I had the time to blog at length, but alas it’s 2 am and I must be up in six hours for more. Highlights: this morning my compatriots and I received a tour of East Jerusalem neighborhoods sharing the same eviction and demolition threats by the Jerusalem Municipality, courtesy of the Israeli and [...]
Jul 7th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments
Protest outside Barkat’s residence
Now up on Jewschool: my videos from the Silwan protest outside Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat’s residence. Some more photos and videos coming, they just upload slower than Bibi agreed to two states and I have to sleep sometime.
Jul 6th, 2010 Israel Trip 2010 0 Comments