1) “Settler attacks during olive harvest not just random fanaticism“, by Moriel Rothman. This is written from a first-hand account of what’s going on on the ground. Moriel is a friend of mine, who is a New Israel Fund fellow, and is working for Rabbis for Human Rights for the year. During the olive picking season he has organized buses of volunteers to go to parts of the West Bank where settlers are notorious for attacking farmers and destroying their crop. I only went out one day to help (the second video was shot the day I was there), but he has been there nearly every day of the season witnessing what’s going on. The piece is a great short summary of his work with some video to accompany it as well.
2) “Book excerpt: With Liberty and Justice for Some“, by Glenn Greenwald. This is a powerful excerpt from Glenn’s new book that I can’t wait to get my hands on. Like many of his articles, the book’s underlying theme is how the powerful elite are immune from the rule of law, while the average American will spend years in jail for trivial things like pot possession. The excerpt featured here is on when Ford pardoned Nixon, and the devastating consequences of that decision. The conventional wisdom has long stated that this was great for the country, and Nixon shouldn’t have been tried because it would of polarized the public. What it really did was let a criminal walk free, and set a terrible precedent that has let the elite in politics and business do whatever they want and not fear any legal repercussions for their actions.
3) “Subway Ad“, by Say Yes to Colonialism. Linked here are just pictures from an interesting organization whose concept is to, “help Zionism say what it really means”. In their first endeavor they help to ‘clear up’ an ad of the reactionary StandWithUs on the NYC Subway.
Zach Resnick: Thoughts from Jerusalem 