Beit Hanoun
Apologies for a very short (and belated) update, but if you are now aware of the unfolding situation in Gaza, here's the short version. Israeli artillery fire in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun killed 19 people and wounded 40. All were civilians.
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Occupied Voices: Palestinian Poet Mahmud Darwish
This poem came my way via the blog "Raising Yosef" Enjoy.
The siege is lying in wait.
It is lying in wait on a tilted stairway
in the midst of a storm.
We are alone. We are alone to the point
of drunkenness with our own aloneness,
with the occasional rainbow visiting.
We have brothers and sisters overseas..
kind sisters, who love us
who look our way and weep.
And secretly they say
"I wish that siege was here, so that I could..."
But they cannot finish the sentence.
Do not leave us alone. No.
Do not leave us alone.
Our losses are between two and eight a day.
And ten are wounded.
Twenty homes are gone.
Forty olive groves destroyed,
in addition to the structural damage
afflicting the veins of the poem, the play,
and the unfinished painting.
(Mahmud Darwish, A State of Siege, 2002, translated by Ramsis Amun)
This poem came my way via the blog "Raising Yosef" Enjoy.
The siege is lying in wait.
It is lying in wait on a tilted stairway
in the midst of a storm.
We are alone. We are alone to the point
of drunkenness with our own aloneness,
with the occasional rainbow visiting.
We have brothers and sisters overseas..
kind sisters, who love us
who look our way and weep.
And secretly they say
"I wish that siege was here, so that I could..."
But they cannot finish the sentence.
Do not leave us alone. No.
Do not leave us alone.
Our losses are between two and eight a day.
And ten are wounded.
Twenty homes are gone.
Forty olive groves destroyed,
in addition to the structural damage
afflicting the veins of the poem, the play,
and the unfinished painting.
(Mahmud Darwish, A State of Siege, 2002, translated by Ramsis Amun)
Monday, November 06, 2006
Announcing....
"Breaking the Silence" Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
Breaking the Silence is one of the most interesting and important Israeli organizations working to educate the world about the situation in the Occupied West Bank, especially in the city of Hebron, a place near to my heart. For those of you living in the Northwest, don't miss this presentation. And for rest of you, check out this interview. - J, I Saw it in Palestine
"Breaking the Silence: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out"
Tuesday, November 7, 7pm
Friends Meeting Hall
4312 SE Stark Street, Portland
Two former Israeli soldiers, Dotan Greenvald and Yehuda Shaul, will
speak about their experiences serving the Israeli occupation in the
West Bank. Greenvald and Shaul are members of "Breaking the Silence",
an organization dedicated to revealing the day-to-day character of the
military occupation of Palestinian land and communities. For more
information, please call 503/344-5078 or write to pprc@riseup.net.
"Breaking the Silence" Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
Breaking the Silence is one of the most interesting and important Israeli organizations working to educate the world about the situation in the Occupied West Bank, especially in the city of Hebron, a place near to my heart. For those of you living in the Northwest, don't miss this presentation. And for rest of you, check out this interview. - J, I Saw it in Palestine
"Breaking the Silence: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out"
Tuesday, November 7, 7pm
Friends Meeting Hall
4312 SE Stark Street, Portland
Two former Israeli soldiers, Dotan Greenvald and Yehuda Shaul, will
speak about their experiences serving the Israeli occupation in the
West Bank. Greenvald and Shaul are members of "Breaking the Silence",
an organization dedicated to revealing the day-to-day character of the
military occupation of Palestinian land and communities. For more
information, please call 503/344-5078 or write to pprc@riseup.net.
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