We were there last night, along with about 3000 Israelis and Palestinians who demonstrated against evictions of Palestinians in this East Jerusalem neighborhood. First photo is a wide shot of the crowd, second is a Palestinian hip hop group performing. This Jerusalem struggle is a microcosm of the bigger struggle for the future of Israel/Palestine.
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Sheikh Jarrah biggest demo ever
“Virtual coexistence”
Another story we made for VJ Movement. Israeli and Palestinian software developers work together on an online operating system, but it’s almost impossible for them to have real world meetings because of the political situation (so they usually skype). The Palestinian crew is VERY happy their digital product can’t be controlled by Israeli checkpoints, and [...]
Berlin Screening of excerpts of “Heart of the Other”
We’re doing a screening in Berlin on December 7, of excerpts of “Heart of the Other.” If you’re in the neighborhood, come! The info is here (in German, you can translate in google if you need).
Museum of the Seam in Jerusalem
Here’s a vid of a very unusual, provocative museum in Jerusalem – situated in a bullet-scarred building that before 1967 was on the border between Israel and Jordan. (Khaled and I did a lecture/screening there a few months ago – will post some clips from that soon). Check out the museum website.
Marijuana in Israel – the scoop
This is another video we recently made for VJM, a cool Dutch indie news website. Check it out, especially for the commercials from Ale Yarok, the “Green Leaf” marijuana political party, and also for the way Israel plays the terrorist card against drug use, by connecting the dots to Hizbollah.
Midwives for Coexistence
A couple stills from a project we’ve started on a group of Palestinian and Israeli midwives who believe the best way to move towards peace is by doing what they love best: helping women give birth in the most natural way, often without a doctor in the room. Stay posted for more material on this [...]
“Realistic Dove” blog post
Dan Fleschler, author of “Transforming America’s Israel Lobby,” and a true realistic dove, did a post about “Heart of the Other” last week. Check his blog out and keep track of his thinking.
Israel: to Boycott or not to Boycott??
This question is heating up – Naomi Klein says yes, Yes Men say yes (cancelling their screening at Jerusalem Film Fest). But Uri Avnery, well known peace activist who actually LIVES here in Israel (since 1933…) gives reasons why it’s a bad idea here. One of his main arguments against “boycott logic” is the Holocaust. [...]
Uri Avnery, Israeli peace activist
Another short vid we made for VJMovement in Holland. Uri Avnery is the brightest light on the Israeli left, and he speaks from a lot of experience. He came to Israel in 1933, a 10-yr old fleeing Nazi Germany. He has endured not only endless criticism, but beatings and assassination attempts, to get his message [...]
Settler Rabbi for Peace
Once in awhile we’ll post videos we have made about other peace activists. Rabbi Menachem Froman does not avoid paradoxes – he lives in the West Bank settlement of Tekoa, but he has spent many hours meeting with influential Palestinians, including Yassar Arafat and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (the spiritual head of Hamas, assassinated by an [...]
