It was fascinating to go back today to read up on Gilad Atzmon, whom I quoted in yesterday’s post for his review of Avatar, while knowing very little about the man. A former Israeli, now British anti-Israeli, highly political jazz musician, who has invoked the ire of other Jewish anti-Zionists. His opinions are hotly debated …
Went to see Avatar and sat in the front row, which made the experience even more hallucinogenic. To an audience who thinks it has seen everything, Hollywood continues to say, “You ain’t seen nothing yet”. And that’s true. Avatar is aesthetically amazing. It’s also brilliantly subversive, as Gilad Atzmon points out in Counterpunch: “A Humanist …
A year after Israel’s war on Gaza, several hundred people gathered at the Israeli side of Erez checkpoint on the border of northern Gaza. We were demonstrating in solidarity with the Gaza Freedom March from Egypt to Gaza. Click to see web album
Tonight – a wet and misty evening – we went to hear a concert, “In Search of the Sacred” by the Ensemble Resonance. The venue was a hall by Mary’s Well in Ein Kerem. The audience was made up mostly of people who follow the mystical teachings of the Georgian philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff – it …
Rotem writes: Dear Friends, I have just completed an article (in Hebrew and English) calling for the release of imprisoned peace and justice activists Orr Ben David and Mohammad Othman. I have sent it to the three major Israeli newspapers as well as to you and other friends. Please distribute far and wide in hopes that it helps …
In an article appearing on Peace X Peace: Connecting Women for Peace, our American-Israeli friend Deb Reich talks about her friendship with Maha in Gaza, which appeared on the mailing list of two American peace workers Libby & Len Traubman (ltraubman@igc.org). Deb writes to me: “I hope someone will donate from this round of publicity …
I took Coleman, our English house guest, to Jerusalem. He will continue his journey. That may be the last time that we will see him on this trip, or ever. He left a few of his poems, scribbled from memory on notepaper. (He never publishes, but has occasionally given recitations.) Here are three of his …
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Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, December 24th, 2009 Source: http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/2143.shtml Today, 24 December, Jamal Jum`a underwent a hearing before a military judge at Moskobiyya Detention Center, in Jerusalem. Although Jamal’s interrogation over eight days apparently has finished, the judge granted the Israeli police and intelligence agency’s request to extend his detention for 12 …
At the Solstice, Balumain rides into the valleys of the Kalash, the Black Kafirs, and the festival of Chaumos is celebrated. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalash