The Huffington Post, January 28, 2010 In Kuwait, the clock is ticking for a Filipina maid who faces execution. Jakatia Pawa, a Muslim from a southern province of the Philippines, was convicted of murdering her employer’s daughter in 2008 and was sentenced to death. But Pawa, 34, says that she is innocent. And her attorney, human …
The Jerusalem Post, January 22, 2010 I first fell in love with ice cream in Barcelona. It was spring and I walked La Rambla—that grand, tree-lined avenue—with many a cone of milky espresso-flavored-dessert in hand. In Venice, I traipsed along turquoise waterways licking creamy almond gelato. And during summer in Alexandria, I cooled down every …
The National, January 23, 2010 After a week spent fighting a deportation order, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news service, was expelled from Israel on Wednesday. His departure brought his legal battle to a sudden halt, closing a case that many critics viewed as an Israeli attack on press freedom. But …
The Huffington Post, January 21, 2010 After spending over a week in a small, windowless room in Ben Gurion International Airport, Jared Malsin, the Jewish American editor of a Palestinian news agency, was deported to New York yesterday. The move brought Malsin’s legal battle to gain reentry into Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to …
Zeek, January 14, 2010 Yesterday, I received the happy news that Mohammed Othman, a vocal proponent of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, was released from an Israeli military prison after a lengthy detainment. Othman was held without charges since September when was picked up as he attempted to enter the West Bank via Jordan …
The Jerusalem Post, January 15, 2010 The first time I visited Julie, I felt transported. I’d turned onto Shabazi Street in Neve Tzedek and, somehow, left Tel Aviv. I’d stepped into one of those classic Egyptian eateries—a humble kitchen turned bustling restaurant, tucked away on a nameless alley. I stood at the counter before a …
The National, January 16, 2010 Banners strung from lampposts across Jerusalem welcome the winter participants of Birthright, a programme that brings college-aged Jews, most of whom are American, to Israel for a free 10-day tour. Funded by wealthy Jewish philanthropists and the Israeli government, the trip takes participants to sites that have historical importance to …
The Huffington Post, January 14, 2010 Jared Malsin, the editor of the English edition of Maan News Agency, has been detained by Israeli authorities. Malsin, a Jewish-American who lives and works in the West Bank, was picked up on Tuesday at Ben Gurion International Airport, as he and his partner returned from vacation in the Czech …
The Huffington Post, January 9, 2010 Anat Hoffman spent 14 years on the Jerusalem city council. But last week, she sat on a different side of the law, as Israeli police interrogated and fingerprinted this former politician turned prominent social activist. Hoffman is the chairwoman of Women of the Wall (WOW), a group that advocates …
Mondoweiss, December 31, 2009 This is the final installment of a seven-part series. See Mondoweiss for details. Gilad Zwick, 25, is on his way to mandatory reserve duty. For two weeks, he will cease to be a journalist and student, donning instead an olive green uniform and keeping watch over a settlement. While Zwick has …