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Richard Jones Poetry: 60

By Mary Rizzo • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Music, Poetry, Events, Palestine, Zionism

Today the bulldozer crawled
Into my village.
I watched the trees’ resistance,
Heard them groan and shake,
Hoping beyond hope
They could not break and after the trees bowed,
the stones ground their teeth in impotent fury,
Before they too tangled with the bones
Of lost tomorrows, in unmarked graves,
Corrupt foundations
For a shimmering, empty city,
Destruction in the myth of creation
By architects stripped of [...]



Born to Demolish

By Haitham Sabbah • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Features, Israel, Palestine

“…we were accosted by a slim, blond Border Policeman, probably of Russian origin. “I was born to demolish Palestinian homes,” he informed us mockingly, a big smile on his face, a swagger in his movements. “I love demolishing homes. I wake up in the morning hungry to demolish homes.”

Picture by Virginia Paradinas
By Jeff Halper
It [...]