« I do not teach, I tell stories. » (Montaigne) That’s what I’d like to do.
Write not to know myself finally, rather endlessly, day by day :
essays
reviews
notes on cinematography
memories
diaries / short stories
poems
Writings or rather jumbled fragments of different lengths and tone,
in the long run perhaps tracing a broken line: the path or the journey of life,
of which my films would be the ports, in this navigation of coasting,
of opportunities, chance, which could still be the life of a documentary filmmaker in the last century.
Azmi Bishara
October 2002
On 3 September, Muwatin, The Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy hosted a one day conference in Ramallah entitled “From Occupation to Reform: The Missing File”. A wide swathe of Ramallah’s political, intellectual and cultural elite attended and participated in the conference, despite the continuously imposed Israeli curfew on the city for the last three months. Following is a transcript of MK Azmi Bishara’s (National Democratic Alliance – Tajamu’/Balad) keynote speech – significant not merely for its insightful content, but also for the degree to which Bishara’s opinions are respected within ’67 and ’48 Palestinian circles. Note: The conference took place before the 10 days Israeli siege of the Muqata’a which ended on 29 September. Continue reading “The Quest for Strategy”
by Rami Shehade
Part One: Military Orders as the legislative basis of occupation administration
7th June 1967: the Israeli military occupy the Palestinian West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. On the same day, the occupying force issues the first Military Proclamation, asserting control over the area “in the interests of security and public Continue reading “Occupier’s Law”
An Open Letter to American Jews
Erev Pesach, 5762 / 2002
By Assaf Oron,
March 31, 2002
Dear People,
Yesterday I was informed of an interesting phenomenon: a peace-supporting Jewish organization called Tikkun published an ad in favor of us, the Israeli reservist refuseniks, and was immediately bombarded with hate mails and phones from other American Continue reading “An Open Letter to American Jews”