Israeli Elections Come and Go, But Israel Remains an Outlaw State
A Palestinian family reacts after Israeli bulldozers demolished their home in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, Feb. 5, 2013. (AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Two Views: Israel’s Parliamentary Elections
Newly elected Israeli Knesset member Yair Lapid (l), leader of the Yesh Atid party, speaks to Naftali Bennett, head of the hard-line national religious party the Jewish Home, during a Feb. 5 reception in Jerusalem marking the opening of the 19th Knesset. (URIEL SINAI/GETTY IMAGES)
Richard H. Curtiss (1927-2013) Devoted His Life to Telling People Stories
Richard Curtiss at work in his Washington Report office. (STAFF PHOTO D. HANLEY)
Israeli License to Cheney-Linked Energy Firm on Golan Heights Raises Eyebrows
Then-Vice President Dick Cheney (l) and Likud chairman Benyamin Netanyahu, out of office at the time and serving as the official Israeli opposition leader, at a March 23, 2008 breakfast meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Peace at Last in the Southern Philippines?
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (r) shares candies with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief Murad Ebrahim during a Feb. 11 visit to the rebels’ stronghold in Sultan Kudarat on the island of Mindanao. (KARLOS MANLUPIG/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Two Palestinian, Israeli Documentaries Depict Evils of Military Occupation
Emad Burnat views his five broken cameras in his documentary of the same name. (PHOTO COURTESY KINO LORBER)
Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, August 2008, page 49
Arab-American Activism
Billboard and Black Balloons
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THE COALITION for Justice and Accountability, a member group of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, put together a Nakba commemoration on June 1, 2008, only yards away from “Israel@60: A Capital Celebration” on the National Mall in Washington, DC. Partygoers celebrating Israel’s birthday were surprised to see a giant 10 x 22 foot mobile billboard commemorating the Nakba circling the event. The mobile billboard, produced by the U.S. Campaign, features a work by Palestinian artist Nidal El Khairy entitled “60 Years of Nakba.”
Participants, including Nakba survivor Dr. Taher Dajani, passed out Washington Report magazines and other educational flyers to passersby. One young woman grabbed a flyer from her friend, used it to slap Dr. Dajani’s face, and threw his literature on the ground. Her shocked friend picked up the flyer and said, “But I want to read this.”
After watching a Dr. Seuss play, “Star-Belly Sneetches,” about racism and apartheid, participants released black balloons over the Mall, one to commemorate each village Israel has destroyed.
—Delinda C. Hanley
