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Talma Admon
May 163 min read
Friday afternoon, a shepherd is kidnapped
An incoming text ringtone breaks the evening gloom, 15 minutes before the Shabbat meal. I pull the cutlery from the drawer. A thick...
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Talma Admon
May 51 min read
Thus, thou shalt steal
Last week, a human rights activist stopped her car on the roadside in the northern Palestinian Jordan Valley. With her cell phone camera,...
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Talma Admon
Apr 292 min read
A Story for the Eve of a Holiday
Rabbi A. hurries down the trail to the flock of black goats gathering under the jujube tree. A warm wind blows, A. hurries on bent a bit...
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talma admon
Mar 124 min read
The German Package
We have close friends in Germany. They are both retired Lutheran priests. She officiated for many years as head of the church in a big...
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Talma Admon
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Our heroes
They don’t get bored. The soldiers who were not fortunate enough to be sent to Gaza, to kill and get killed. Or are they? Bored? Perhaps...
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Talma Admon
Dec 20, 20231 min read
An honor guard in Jenin
Look at this guy marching determinedly down a street in Jenin. In proud defiance he passes by the soldiers, they no longer exist for him....
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Talma Admon
Dec 16, 20232 min read
The men in white come on the Sabbath
They come in white or in startling army uniforms, but festive. With their tassels and their large Sabbath yarmulka. Yes, Sabbath. It’s...
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Talma Admon
Dec 9, 20232 min read
Soldiers from elsewhere
Let’s look at these acts from afar - say we were Swiss, peacefully observing the green meadows facing us, eating piles of chocolate and...
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Talma Admon
Dec 5, 20231 min read
Fatma Salem of Sheikh Jarrah
Fatma Salem passed away of cardiac arrest last night. Gone was the strength of this brave woman, who fought for her home in Sheikh Jarrah...
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Talma Admon
Dec 1, 20231 min read
The end of humanity
This is the face of the end of humanity. The bearded face of the army-uniformed colonist who shouts “traitor!” at a man who devotes his...
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Talma Admon
Nov 24, 20234 min read
Doing his Duty
Ilana Dayan: The ISA (Shin Bet) reported that the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir instructed the police to ignore Jewish...
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Talma Admon
Nov 14, 20233 min read
In praise of unawareness
Sometimes I wish I could be like those whose world is clear and unequivocal. Who can see only black and white. Who know what should be...
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Talma Admon
Oct 6, 20232 min read
Holding on to the land
Two elderly Palestinian farmers live in my heart. I don’t know their names, but I do know what they feel. The first entered my heart last...
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Talma Admon
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Second Birthday
If you were to come to Jaffa last night, your heart would be glad. A bit more relaxed, modestly hopeful. No, not hugely, stupidly,...
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Talma Admon
Sep 14, 20231 min read
Fire in the olive trees
The olive harvest season will soon begin. The vandalizing Palestinians' olive trees season that precedes it has already begun. The...
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Talma Admon
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Best wishes in uniform
What do the soldiers say at the intersection? What do they say to Israelis demonstrating against the occupation? What do Defense Forces...
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Talma Admon
Aug 13, 20232 min read
The small details of occupation
An innocent traveler driving throughout the West Bank might pass two spots by Road 458 without noticing them – the one is a locked heavy...
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Talma Admon
Aug 7, 20232 min read
To America
Does anyone hear us? In a protest demonstration facing shut opaque windows, you never know. Still, two demonstrators waving the Israeli...
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Talma Admon
Aug 7, 20232 min read
From Burqa to Homesh, In Spite of It All
The army blocked the route along which Peace Now activists planned to march together with a whole coalition of organizations opposing the...
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