A great animation on the history of the conflict in Palestine. What we all really need to understand is the root cause and foundation of the situation. It’s not about Hamas or bottle rockets or tunnels. It’s about ongoing occupation, apartheid and collective punishment that has been going on for too long.
I just saw the former mayor of New York City interviewed in Jerusalem by Wolf Blitzer of CNN. How embarrassing. How embarrassing for himself, for the people of New York City and for every citizen of the United States. This pandering by our public officials has to stop. It weakens the United States as a nation. It fuels more hatred […]
Great New York Times opinion piece about the ridiculous current status of “peace” negotiations. Most telling quote: “Only Israeli Jews are full citizens of that land, while 5 million Palestinians live in a state of subjugation or exile and 1.2 million Palestinian Arabs live in Israel as second-class citizens.” Is Any Hope Left for Mideast Peace? The Israeli-Palestinian “peace process” […]
Amazing video on the subject of how Israeli school children are taught specific to the Palestinian conflict.
The best part of my trip, was that I was able to travel with my mom to where she was born and grew up. It was also the town where my father was born and their parents were born. I had a great 10 days with my mom, also known as Nikki. We did a ton of stuff in that […]
The #1 question I am getting from people who find out I was in Palestine for 10 days is, “Did you feel safe?” Or, “isn’t it dangerous there?” Or there is a look of disbelief that I would go visit. Here’s how I answer: The only times I felt in danger and uncomfortable were by the policies of the State […]
George at Abu Skandar’sShawarma Joint inRamallah, Palestine. I love food. I was told I needed to go to Abu Skander’s in Ramallah for Shawarma. I was not mislead — it was amazing. Apparently there is a rivalry with a former employee who worked at Abu Skander’s for 40 years who opened a shawarma joint down the road. So, naturally, I […]
One night while winding down with my uncle and family, we started to watch Clint Eastwood’s “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.” Who knew it was one of my uncle’s favorite movies? I admitted that I had never seen the entire movie from beginning to end, and even that night I only really paid attention to the last 15 […]
One highlight of my trip was taking part in a weekly hike organized by a few Palestinian locals. It was set up as a way for local Palestinians to get together and better appreciate the beauty and history of the landscape surrounding Ramallah and other areas of the West Bank. My cousin Juwana goes on these hikes most weeks and […]
Recent Comments