joseph dana

For European author, Hebrew culture existed outside Zionism

Where is the center of Jewish identity? Israel or the Diaspora? Can we have a thriving Hebrew language and culture without a Jewish majority country? World Jewry seems to be standing at a critical junction in history. While more than half of us still remain in the Diaspora, intermarriage will probably tip the balance towards…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat April 29, 2012

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A bittersweet goodbye

The great American writer Norman Mailer often referred to writing as “the spooky craft.” I am firmly convinced that had Mailer lived to see the blogging age we are currently living in, he would have felt that blogging has replaced traditional writing as the truly spooky craft. For the past year and a half, I…

By Joseph Dana December 5, 2011

Occupy Bostonians in solidarity with Palestine. Photo by Activstills.org

Police crack down on my talk (in Pittsburgh, not Palestine)

While Joseph Dana was giving a lecture at the University of Pittsburgh recently, police intervened to block the entry of a number of Occupy Pittsburgh activists. The experience reminded him of the very tactics – about which he was lecturing – designed to stifle Palestinian activism and debate. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0pX9LeE-g8[/youtube] Recent police violence at Occupy Wall…

By Joseph Dana November 9, 2011

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Palestinians are challenging the way we think about Israel/Palestine like never before Photo: Activestills.org

Replacing the peace narrative with discussion of rights

Non-violent methods being used by Palestinians and their international supporters are helping to reframe the conflict from a discussion of peace vs. violence, into a struggle for rights under Israeli occupation. Next week, a group of young Palestinians will board Israeli settler buses in the West Bank with the intention of traveling to East Jerusalem.…

By Joseph Dana November 9, 2011

J14 and the rift between Israeli and international activists

Former allies in fight against occupation are battling over the meaning of the tent protest. Can the relationship be rescued, and should it be? The tent protest, also known as J14, already had an effect on many groups in Israeli society, forcing them to re-examine their political positions and alliances. And while we have yet…

By Noam Sheizaf August 30, 2011

Social protest in Jaffa, 27 August, 2011 (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills)

Arab social justice needs heard by the gov’t-what about J14?

The leaders of a civil society organization working for equality for the Palestinian citizens of Israel spoke on Tuesday before the Trachtenberg committee – the government-appointed panel charged with recommending steps to improve economic and social justice in Israel. The committee’s invitation to Ron Gerlitz and Dr. Mary Totry of Sikkuy, the Association for Civil…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 30, 2011

Nakba

Can Israel incorporate the Nakba? Response to Joseph Dana

by Roi Ben Yehuda Over at Tablet, Joseph Dana writes an important piece on Israel’s problematic relationship with the Nakba narrative (the expulsion/dislocation of over 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in what is now Israel) and the imperative of integrating this narrative into Israel’s public discourse. He concludes: Including the Nakba in Israeli public discourse,…

By +972 Magazine June 2, 2011

Joseph Dana on Russia Today

Interview:”Israel is repressing non-violent activism”

I appeared on Russia Today this afternoon to discuss the jailing of Jonathan Pollak and what it means for Israeli democracy and Israel’s repression of Palestinian non-violence. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTCuPEpyN9U[/youtube]

By Joseph Dana December 28, 2010

Watch: Joseph Dana discusses Wikileaks, new media & activism

Watch 972’s Joseph Dana in an interview for GRITtv “There’s a lot of Palestinian Gandhis,” says writer and filmmaker Joseph Dana. But up until recently, it was nearly impossible for everyday people around the world to hear their stories. That’s changing with social media, he points out, and with this week’s release of more diplomatic…

By +972 Magazine December 2, 2010

Art on the Separation Barrier in Bethlehem (photo: James Chen)

How can I speak to the community from which I came?

I am on a speaking tour in the United States on behalf of the Anarchists Against the Wall and the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee in order to raise money for our depleted legal funds. I have been traveling throughout the American east coast to colleges, bookstores and universities talking about non-violence in the West Bank and the…

By Joseph Dana November 12, 2010

Watch: +972 blogger Joseph Dana speaks on unarmed resistance

Palestinian popular resistance to the Israeli occupation, settlements and the wall are a regular occurrence in the West Bank. Despite this, the overwhelmingly non-violent protests, often put down harshly by occupation forces, rarely make the mainstream news. In this video, Joseph Dana, +972 blogger and one of the only journalists who covers the protests, discusses…

By +972 Magazine November 11, 2010