It’s been a long time since I read an article about the Israel / Palestine conflict that touched me in such a personal way. This review of a film by Tamar Yarom deeply resonated with me. By now I feel less pain from my own personal guilt regarding my actions serving in the army, so I can [...]
Hebron
One of the key reasons I started this weblog, was to unburden myself through writing about my Israeli army experiences serving in Hebron. The series of articles City of the Dead describes my personal encounter with the settlers in Hebron way back in 1990. While I have analyzed these experiences for the past fifteen years, Gideon [...]
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Although the reference may be apt for New Orleans, I refer in my title to Hebron. The events I wrote about in my series (see here for links) took place over fifteen years ago. As Gideon Levy relates in the article below, things have only gotten worse in the interim. Tweet
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AronT on August 22nd, 2005
I finally complete the series. Tweet
Continue reading about Feature: “They Should all Rot in Hell – Part II” [City of the Dead Series]
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AronT on August 20th, 2005
I try to avoid as much as possible reading articles or listening to reports about the dismantlement of the settlements in Gaza. But you can’t seem to avoid it. The amount of news coverage is astonishing. It is almost impossible for me to look at this event from a political perspective. For one thing, I [...]
Continue reading about Feature: “They Should all Rot in Hell – Part I” [City of the Dead Series]
This article brought me back to my own bad days in Hebron. It has been a while since I wrote on this topic, but I am ready to write a bit more. By the way, I wouldn’t say, as the author of the article does, that the settlers “do the governments bidding.” The settlers do [...]
Continue reading about Feature: The City of the Dead — Part 4
I recently mentioned how the IDF broke into an art exhibition about soldier testimonies regarding service in Hebron. Long time readers of this weblog know that Hebron is of special interest to me. I have written my own testimonies regarding my service in that city of the dead (which you can see here, here and [...]
Here is the second installment of my record of my army experiences in Hebron. I have done a renumbering, so don’t get confused. This is a new piece! If you haven’t yet read them, here are the Introduction and the first part. Tweet
Continue reading about Feature: The City of the Dead – Part 2
For a long time I promised Asaf that I would write about my experiences in the army, especially my tour of duty in Hebron. I didn’t realize how deeply traumatized I was from the experience until the Wye Plantation negotiations in October of 1998. Bibi Netanyahu was negotiating a partial withdrawal from Hebron. I’m a [...]
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This post is about Hebron. I gave 40 days of my life to the settlers of Hebron. 40 days for which I will never forgive them. Precisely now, when blood once again washes the cobblestones of those streets, now I feel compelled to write. Tweet
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