In Counterpunch, Neve Gordon answers once and for all the daft question, “why haven’t the Palestinians established a peace movement like the Israeli Peace Now?” Here’s an article on the same theme, by Amira Hass of Haaretz: Danger: Popular struggle. Hass also mentions the repressive tactics being used against Israeli demonstrators against Jewish settlement in …
Having a permanent address in a small village means that old friends always know where to find you. Facebook is not necessary. Yesterday someone showed up on our doorstep who we had literally not heard from since he stayed with us in 1989. At the time he was with us for several months. This time …
Madaa – Silwan Community Center. A friend forwarded this: Dear Friends, We want to wish you all a happy and beautiful holidays period! As you know we are volunteering since two years in Madaa Silwan Community Center. Madaa believes in empowerment through creative activities. Hundreds of children are involved in the weekly music, art, theater …
Either Haaretz doesn’t know how to use its graphics software or they wanted to squeeze Abbas a bit further.
Dhriiti ‘The Courage Within’. Dhriiti is an endeavor to promote and protect Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and to build and create a spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the next generation of Indians. It is an organization for the young and by the young. It is for those Youngsters who have the courage to say – …
To mark the anniversary of the offensive which left hundreds of innocent civilians dead, Donald MacIntyre revisits the scene of one of the most horrifying conflicts of our time via Gaza one year on: The aftermath of a tragedy – Middle East, World – The Independent.
I decided to move my self hosted blog back to WordPress.com because of an urge to simplify. It seemed to me more natural that the platform would be identified with the webhost, and take care of the operations I had been neglecting to do, such as updating the software and safeguarding against hackers. I would …
By me-sen for a week as Dorit in the Galilee for a silent meditation retreat. I wonder who will be the more silent?
Feedly takes all of one’s RSS feeds in Google Reader and produces from them a compelling newspaper. It’s a joy to look at, and a joy to read. Everyone who tries Feedly loves what it can do. Twitter Times has the harder job of taking one’s twitter stream and producing a news stream. It selects …
Social media is changing so quickly. I spent a lot of time today tinkering with the theme for my WordPress.com blog because the theme I was using didn’t successfully incorporate a widget for Twitter. Towards evening I had gotten things about where I wanted. A Twitter widget was nicely installed at the side and I …