New Palestinian city to be built in the West Bank.
Sitting on a hilltop among the olive trees of the West Bank is a new town, carefully designed... This is not a new Israeli settlement but an image of what might soon be Rawabi, the first planned Palestinian city and a sign of fresh hope for economic recovery in the occupied West Bank.
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For anyone who's curious about what I shall be when I grow up:

“You need a wheel? I am that wheel. You need nails, screws, a balance disk? Take me. Is there soil to be tilled? I shall till it. Do you need soldiers? I am a soldier. Police? Doctors? Lawyers? Teachers? Water-bearers? Please, I shall do it all.”

- Joseph Trumpeldor, 1916
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1. It has been raining for the last three days, and tomorrow looks to be furiously stormy. Hey, winter, welcome back. ♥

(ETA: OH MY GOD YOU GUYS THE SKY IS FALLING. The storm hit earlier than expected and now everything is all BOOMING THUNDER and PELTING RAIN and FLASHING ANGRY LIGHTNING. It is like several dozen drumkits falling down several ( Read more... )

1. I write to you sprawled out lazily on jamie_dakin's rumpled bed, after something like 11 hours of uninterrupted sleep in the wake of a day's alcoholic, hedonistic revelry. This is just as incriminating as it sounds.

Well, no, I didn't sex up one of my best friends in a fit of lust-driven insanity: yesterday was the ( Israeli Gay Pride Parade. )

Switzerland and the UN are pissing me the fuck off. Who in the upper echelons thought it would be a good idea to invite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad-racist, Holocaust-denier, president of Iran and all-round royal asshole-to give the introductory speech at the Durban II conference? AND schedule it on Israel's National Holocaust Memorial Day? Like, are these ( Read more... )

It's been stormy, raining on and off all day-ten minutes of crazy hail, then fifteen minutes of sunshine, then a half-hour of rain and another brief reprieve, etc. I had the house to myself and vacillated between reading copperbadge's new original novel and studying for my final Law exam. Seeing as we've had a particularly dry winter and I love stormy weather ( Read more... )

Just now: Hizbollah has started bombing the north ( Read more... )

My cousin has gone into Gaza. And my best friend's brother. And, like, half the sons of our teachers at school. Nobody seems to sleep any more these days, everyone's worried sick about their loved ones, walking around in a sort of massive communal nightmare.

Fuck. Fuck fuck fuck.

It may be disgustingly selfish of me, but I'm so glad my older ( Read more... )

Happy belated New Year! As usual, I'm too school-dizzy to keep up with the online world, but some events you can't really ignore. Even if you come to the party three days late. Er.

( Four more days, and this self-imposed hiatus is over! )

Back from ICon! Steven Brust and his girlfriend, Reesa Brown, are some of the most awesome people to ever frequent these shores. Although did you know 'Brust' is actually pronounced to rhyme with 'brusque'? I didn't until just before the first panel, which is a matter of enormous chagrin to me. Thank god for fellow con-goers armed with small yet ( Read more... )