Comments on: Privileged Pessimism: On the Israeli Mainstream

By: tompe

tompe — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:54:53 +0000

say more? what theater techniques?
I think that dinnertable situation is the heart of what I'm trying to describe.

By: itamar

itamar — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:42:05 +0000

this is a wonderful post, Tom. I think that if I were still in Berkeley and in KE, I would use some theatre techniques to explore the 'dinner table' conversation with family and friends a bit more, and really have the discussion out there where we can see it. I think it's only the beginning of deconstructing Israeli privilege.

By: tompe

tompe — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:52:28 +0000

(this is not to portray Ahmadinejad as some kind of angel – he is an ignorant Holocaust denier and a cruel dictator. But that doesn't make him the same as Hitler)

By: tompe

tompe — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:40:53 +0000

More on the photo:
Activists hold signs reading in Hebrew "Freedom – without fences, without borders" (center) and "The wall must fall" (left) during a protest in center Tel Aviv on the 10/12/2009 for the immediate release of Abdallah Abu Rahmah and all the political prisoners.
On the night of the 9/12/2009 seven Israeli military jeeps pulled over at Abdallah Abu Rahmah's residence in the city of Ramallah. Soldiers raided the house and arrested Abu Rahmah from his bed in the presence of his wife and children. Abu Rahmah is a high school teacher in the Latin Patriarchate school in Birzeit near Ramallah and is the coordinator of the Bil'in Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements.