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A Note About Blogging from Palestine

I have resisted blogging for, well, since the invention of the blog, because while those who have been in my company know I have no problem giving my opinions about anything and everything in person,...

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Israelis Taking Risks

A couple of weeks ago an Israeli activist chastised a Palestinian activist on a public listserv (run byIsraeli Anarchists Against the Wall) for not giving enough credit to the Israeli activists who...

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Duty-Bound

I am much better suited as a social critic.  In my last post, I tried to include a more positive slant (after my usual rant about the ridiculous attitude of most Israeli activists, who are riding on...

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Yousef is Gone

  Yousef was the quiet one. As I look through photographs of the past few months' demonstrations in Beit Ommar, I can find only one with Yousef, though he was always there. He was the older brother...

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When My Partner Went to Jail

A lot has been written recently about my good friend Jonathan Pollak's recent incarceration in Israel for his participation in demonstrations. Understandably, there was international outrage at his...

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Speaking in Santa Fe Just After Yousef's Death

A video of a talk I did in Santa Fe, NM on January 30, 2011     Bekah Wolf - Santa Fe, NM 01/30/2011 Part 1 of 2 from Another Jewish Voice Santa Fe on Vimeo. Part 2 Bekah Wolf - Santa Fe, NM...

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Allow Me to Be One of the First

My name is Rebekah Wolf Gomez.  I became an Israeli citizen in 2007 as the only way to ensure I would be able to stay with my husband, a Palestinian from the West Bank, and not fear deportation from...

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Message of Solidarity to the Lady Badasses

It has been exactly 1 year since I last wrote on this blog.  Frankly, I just couldn't excuse yet another American Jew writing about their "experiences" in Palestine.  But then, I became more and more...

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Let's Talk About Popular Resistance in Palestine

Ahhhhh, I do love a good argument.  I have already received feedback on my last post.  One Palestinian activist brought up an important point:  how did my post help the struggle?  He was concerned...

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