Some of my political writing not part of Dispatches from the Peace Front
Living in the Forever War Country evokes a strong desire for a Plan B. We’re not the only ones. Beach Day in Israel, 10 June 2026.
Trump and Bibi in power at the exact same instant, each with his mental illness and perverted motives coming together in synchronous synergy to harm so many innocent adults and children all at once. Really? A massive stroke of bad luck? A Passover to Forget, 4 April 2026.
So, is the war over? Frankly? Not a relaxing Sabbath topic. Shabbat in the North, 31 January 2025.
Now that revenge or lesson-teaching has elided into massive death, injury, destruction, and social crisis, what is a morally centered Israeli to do? Notes from the Rock Bottom, 22 May 2024.
I could again smell yesteryear. It was the tender early sun, the parents dropping off their children with quiet “good mornings”, the path labeled “Learning Lane” strewn with scented white magnolias, the sour smell of the chicken coops wafting up toward us, and the salty breeze of the sea floating in and cleansing it all anew. It was Almost a Perfect Morning, wasn’t it? 12 May 2024.
What if the Demonstrators Win? The occupation is the elephant in the room, but most demonstrators are ignoring it, 21 May 2023.
It may surprise you, but Israel is full of people with whom one could build a sane and democratic society. I wonder where we could go. As the Deadline Approaches… 25 March 2023.
Rescued by teenagers from isolation, rootlessness, and the ignorance of privilege. After seven years, time to go somewhere else. Goodbye, Africa, 16 March 2019.
What’s not to love about secrecy, lies, and human rights violations? Anat Kam is finding out the perils of speaking truth to power… How Israel Gagged on its own Gag Order, April 2010.
From under the rubble, one Haitian peers out and moans, “It was almost worth having an earthquake to meet all you wonderful folks from Israel.” God Bliss, January 2010.
When we examine the human rights record of Israel, we see a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A largely good record inside the country, a largely terrible one in the Occupied Territories. Celestial Jerusalem: Human Rights in Israel and Palestine, September 2009.
Please tell Israel the truth, Mr. President: that peace is not compatible with occupation. That a two-state solution is not compatible with settlements. Letter to President Obama, September 2009.
Although Israel’s original goal was to become the “Athens” of the Middle East, instead, we have become “Sparta” – living by the sword, honoring our warriors, withholding our natural human compassion for those who suffer. Israel: Hostage to its Own Power, 5 February 2009.
Why Israelis don’t get it… News about Gaza during the war there. No News is Bad News, 16 January 2009.
Tzipi Livni was just elected head of the ruling Kadima Party in Israel. Does this portend change or will it be Another Good Year for the Undertaker? 18 September 2008.
We would like the world to know that women in Israel and Palestine are ready to make peace. We Refuse to be Enemies! written together with Sumaya Farhat-Naser, September 2007.
Oh and about that war on terror: Security is compromised by failing to achieve a political accommodation. A lesson in security for the policymakers. Desperately Seeking Security, 24 May 2007.
Disenchantment – a loss of patriotic fervor – is making way for simple western materialism. Will it come in time to save Israel from itself? Searching for Meaning, 28 March 2007.
An interview by Elaine Clift. Shalom to Palestine from Israel, February 2007.
Can you imagine Germany without electricity for four months? End the Siege of Gaza, 4 November 2006.
In Memory of Rachel Corrie, March 2004.
Those are my principles. If you don’t like them I have others.” Groucho Marx