Comments for Borderline Crimes http://borderlinecrimes.com on critique, boundaries, and activism Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:02:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on MaGav: Thoughts on race and class in Israel’s border police by Woody http://borderlinecrimes.com/2009/09/15/magav-thoughts-on-race-and-class-in-israels-border-police/comment-page-1/#comment-21296 Woody Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:02:59 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=287#comment-21296 Ethiopians make up a large number as well. A recent article showed that Ethiopians are also about 4 times as likely to end up Israeli Military Prison. This is another population that gets the shaft under their white masters. The hierarchy of race in the Tzahal, let alone the Mishmar HaGvul, is amazing. I've seen a Druze soldier named Mohammed hold an m-16 to the head of a Palestinian, a "fellow Arab", with the Ashkenazim superiors safely hidden in the checkpoint. The role of women is also not to be unexamined. Sexual assault against women is rampant in IDF. At checkpoints some of the worst things I've witnessed have come from female soldiers who, when given the power and authority, recreated masculine type domination on unarmed Palestinians. Ethiopians make up a large number as well. A recent article showed that Ethiopians are also about 4 times as likely to end up Israeli Military Prison. This is another population that gets the shaft under their white masters.

The hierarchy of race in the Tzahal, let alone the Mishmar HaGvul, is amazing. I've seen a Druze soldier named Mohammed hold an m-16 to the head of a Palestinian, a "fellow Arab", with the Ashkenazim superiors safely hidden in the checkpoint.

The role of women is also not to be unexamined. Sexual assault against women is rampant in IDF. At checkpoints some of the worst things I've witnessed have come from female soldiers who, when given the power and authority, recreated masculine type domination on unarmed Palestinians.

]]> Comment on Privileged Pessimism: On the Israeli Mainstream by tompe http://borderlinecrimes.com/2010/01/13/privileged-pessimism-on-the-israeli-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-21103 tompe Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:54:53 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=398#comment-21103 say more? what theater techniques? I think that dinnertable situation is the heart of what I'm trying to describe. say more? what theater techniques?
I think that dinnertable situation is the heart of what I'm trying to describe.

]]> Comment on Privileged Pessimism: On the Israeli Mainstream by itamar http://borderlinecrimes.com/2010/01/13/privileged-pessimism-on-the-israeli-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-21101 itamar Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:42:05 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=398#comment-21101 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Privileged Pessimism: On the Israeli Mainstream by tompe http://borderlinecrimes.com/2010/01/13/privileged-pessimism-on-the-israeli-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-21095 tompe Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:52:28 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=398#comment-21095 (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) (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)

]]> Comment on Privileged Pessimism: On the Israeli Mainstream by tompe http://borderlinecrimes.com/2010/01/13/privileged-pessimism-on-the-israeli-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-21094 tompe Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:40:53 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=398#comment-21094 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. 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.

]]> Comment on The Israeli Experience Mystique by The Israeli Experience Mystique/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi http://borderlinecrimes.com/2010/01/08/the-israeli-experience-mystique/comment-page-1/#comment-21086 The Israeli Experience Mystique/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:45:53 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=393#comment-21086 [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...] [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...]

]]> Comment on Neve Gordon: Breaking Palestine’s peaceful protest | Israeli Occupation Archive by tompe http://borderlinecrimes.com/2009/12/23/neve-gordon-breaking-palestine%e2%80%99s-peaceful-protest-israeli-occupation-archive/comment-page-1/#comment-20940 tompe Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:41:21 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=389#comment-20940 thanks for posting this, I would have missed it thanks for posting this, I would have missed it

]]> Comment on Turning Banners Into Flags: Thoughts from Palestine/Israel on Solidarity and Exclusion by Clay http://borderlinecrimes.com/2009/11/06/speaking-in-slogans-on-the-hidden-prejudices-behind-the-language-of-the-occupations-at-the-university-of-california-santa-cruz-a-reflection-from-palestineisrael/comment-page-1/#comment-20554 Clay Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:43:38 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=368#comment-20554 Love it. I don't wish they had done anything. I'm happy that all this is going on. I don't want to change any of it, and I'm glad there's all this interesting discussion being generated from it. None of us knows the way out. Generally, banners have words on them, and flags don't. But not always. Love it.

I don't wish they had done anything. I'm happy that all this is going on. I don't want to change any of it, and I'm glad there's all this interesting discussion being generated from it. None of us knows the way out. Generally, banners have words on them, and flags don't. But not always.

]]> Comment on Changing what we can believe in: the ballot box isn’t good enough by Changing what we can believe in: the ballot box isn’t good enough/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi http://borderlinecrimes.com/2009/08/30/changing-what-we-can-believe-in-the-ballot-box-isnt-good-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20323 Changing what we can believe in: the ballot box isn’t good enough/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:17:32 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=255#comment-20323 [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...] [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...]

]]> Comment on MaGav: Thoughts on race and class in Israel’s border police by MaGav: Thoughts on race and class in Israel’s border police/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi http://borderlinecrimes.com/2009/09/15/magav-thoughts-on-race-and-class-in-israels-border-police/comment-page-1/#comment-20322 MaGav: Thoughts on race and class in Israel’s border police/ Borderline Crimes « yaman salahi Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:17:02 +0000 http://borderlinecrimes.com/?p=287#comment-20322 [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...] [...] Source: borderlinecrimes.com [...]

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