Sami Shalom Chetrit
Jul. 2006

A poem with photos + action, aid, and update links

letter:
Call it like it is, genocide

emily jacir
18 Apr. 2006

Since the beginning of April, Israel has fired no less then 2000 artillery shells into Gaza. 26 people were murdered. No one said a word. We did not get on the front page of the New York Times, no one condemns their actions. Meanwhile the Israeli ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people continues and takes on a multitude of forms - so many in fact that it is hard to keep up or even begin to speak about how all these devices create a massive network of forces to wipe us off the face of the earth...

document:
Poet Aharon Shabtai Bans International Poetry Festival in Jerusalem

oznik-news
3 Jan. 2006

Email exchange between Shabtai and festival organizer shows that invitations were also sent to Adonis, Adrienne Rich, Manuel Alegre, Goeffrey Hill, and Tomas Tranströmer. (drop them a line, anyone?)

essay:
'Eyb, Heshumah, Infajrat Qunbula: Towards a History of Mizrahim and Arabic

Zvi Ben Dor
English by oznik.com
23 Nov. 2005

Mizrahim's relations with the Arabic language are as problematic as their relations with the Arabs, perhaps even more so. The foggy zone between Hebrew and Arabic has a history that forces us to look at the entire Arabic-speaking space, not solely at "Israeli Society" as the exclusive theater wherein Mizrahi history takes place.

letter:
Jenin Camp Residents Send Love

Residents of the Jenin refugee camp: Zakariya, Usamah, Esht, Adnan elHindi, Um Khaled, Um Mahmood, Um elSheikh Mahmood, the coffee seller, the cigarettes seller, the old man who speaks Hebrew
10 Jan. 2005

Sent to Tali Fahima, via phone to the actor Juliano Mer Khamis: "Dear Tali, We have a saying that prison is a place for men; not just for men, but for "the men", in the sense of fighters and heroes. Your steadfast stance, your courage, and your faith in the justice of your deeds places you alongside those heroes from the refugee camps, and from all over Palestine..."

special coverage: International Campaign to Free Tali Fahima, Daphna Baram: Rebels Must Be Middle Class, Interview with Tali Fahima, Support Petition, Who Is Afraid of Tali Fahima, Lin Chalozin Dovrat

words:
In Times of Crisis

Yael Lerer
16 Nov. 2004

"I was invited to talk about OUR times of crisis—that of Israelis and Palestinians. But before I address THE WORD in times of crisis, I would like to say a few words about THE CRISIS ITSELF. There is no “time of crisis” in Israel/Palestine. There is a permanent state of conflict between colonizer and colonized, occupier and occupied, the privileged and the disenfranchised."

also in: Spanish

sharon short story contest:
The Winner: Katherine Ludwig
oznik.com
30 Oct. 2004

"The Glory of Might" by Katherine Ludwig of Peekskill, NY is the winner of the first ever ARIEL SHARON SHORT STORY CONTEST. Congratulations. We apologize for the delay in posting the results. 

Hebrew Entries (translators needed): 

• "Ariel" - a song by Eran Reiss (lyrics + mp3)
• "An Unusual Story" - Shlomi Garber
• "Conquer: Ariel Sharon" - Doron Cohen
• "Labor Party Darling" - by David Melamed

  

poem:
YOUKNOWOMSAYIN

Jack Hirschman
30 Oct. 2004

"In their little heads, in their doorways and beds,
they wish they may, they wish they might
bury you..."

excerpt:
"The Mission Has Not Failed"

Gilad Elbom
29 Oct. 2004

An idea for a science fiction movie. Excerpted from Scream Queens of the Dead Sea, recently published by Thunder's Mouth Press.

manifesto:
A Vision of Joint Life
Activists, Intellectuals Recognize the Right to Return

Prof. Anat Biletzki, Andre Draznin, Haim Hanegbi, Yehudith Harel, Michel (Micado) Warschawski, Oren Medicks
English version: oznik.com
12 Jul. 2004

The following document is circulating on email and is already arousing some serious discussion. It was written in a series of meetings in Givat Olga, and was titled after the location, The Olga Document.

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document:
A Letter to a Liaison Officer
Chaim Feldman
11 Jul. 2004

The following document is circulating on email and is already arousing some serious discussion. It was written in a series of meetings in Givat Olga, and was titled after the location, The Olga Document.

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testimonies:
Occupying Hebron
Shovrim Shtika - Breaking the slience
30 Jun. 2004

Closing a school, abusing civilians at a check point, following orders, staying in a family's comandeered home, posing for trophy photos with enemy bodies, being the law, enjoying power, feeling ashamed, getting addicted to controlling people, dispersing a funeral, wanting to forget, not caring, the ease in which you actually do whatever you want to do unsupervised, the unbearable lightness of these things that happen. 12,643 words of testimonies

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