Sitting with rage and grief this morning. I couldn’t really sleep last night. I went to bed but it wasn’t restful. Yesterday, we toured the village of a Lifta. All that’s really left of it is a number of buildings which look like this one. In 1947-48, the village was ethnically cleansed by Zionist invaders.
Read MoreThe same technology of settler environmentalism used in the United States, to displace indigenous peoples by creating national parks/reserves, has been a tool for Israel to displace Palestinians from their land.
Read MoreThese images at Lifta convey Zionist reality in a shocking and potent way. First, most obviously, the ruins are still there. They aren’t 1000 years old. It is obvious what they are. Second, the Israelis having picnics and swimming in the wells are not in denial or ignorant- they do not care.
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