FREE THE SHMINISTIM – ISRAEL’S YOUNG CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS

http://december18th.org/
The Shministim – all about ages 16, 17, 18 and in the 12th grade – are a new breed of conscientious objectors in Israel and right now they are taking a stand. They believe in a better, more peaceful future for themselves and for Israelis and Palestinians, and they are refusing to join the [...]

ARDC refugees in the Israeli media

Survivor’s stories from our (ARDC) shelter….
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull&cid=1215331152189

Grieving for the Future

M is a 30 year old, mother of 3, pregnant woman living in a shelter in Tel Aviv. She has a sweet disposition and despite the fact that her 3 year old son (up until this week her other two children were in Egypt) can be a total “terrible three” terror, handles herself and him [...]

Things are getting uglier for the African refugees here…

http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/985061.html

ARDC and PHR on TV

I was on the news last night representing ARDC (African Refugee Development Center). 

Tel Aviv Refugees

More media about the African refugees in Tel Aviv… http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasite/spages/959452.html 

ARDC Refugee Shelters in the paper…

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/937494.htmlThe ARDC Refugee shelter story made it into both the English and Hebrew version of Ha’aretz today. ARDC, the African Refugee Development Center, is currently running 3 shelters for 350+ African refugees (mostly from Sudan, Ivory Coast, Eritrea and DRC) in southern Tel Aviv. The conditions are horrible. For photos I took, go here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieteicher/sets/72157603146651030/   

Defining discrimination

Baqa, Ash-Sharqiya, West Bank, Palestine 
 
To find the location of where I was today on the map, go to the link below. Baqa Ash-Sharqiya is about 15 miles (and 15 billion light years at the same time) east from Hadera (inside Israel). Below is the link to the full map created by the Israel human rights [...]

Also, I am a refugee

The posters and signs this morning, in Hebrew, English and French, read- “Also, I am a refugee” and “It’s happening NOW” and ” The ‘Never Again’ is HERE Again” and “Expulsion= Death” and “Let my people stay”. I went to a rally this morning for African refugees living in Israel; apparently I’m not the only one [...]

Reunited!

Toobab the Wonder Dog returns from doggy camp in J’town and I return from Kenya. Fabulous.