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The Observer
A personal view. Talma Admon, an activist with "Looking the Occupation in the Eye", writes from her own personal place about observing the occupation, its victims and its opponents. Thoughts and emotion in the face of everything that is the occupation.
Yes, looking!
On Saturday night I offer stickers saying “Only peace will bring security” to those streaming along Tel Aviv’s Kaplan Street towards the...
Talma Admon
Jun 14, 2024
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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...
Talma Admon
May 16, 2024
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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,...
Talma Admon
May 5, 2024
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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...
Talma Admon
Apr 29, 2024
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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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Mar 12, 2024
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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...
Talma Admon
Dec 31, 2023
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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....
Talma Admon
Dec 20, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Dec 16, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Dec 9, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Dec 5, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Dec 1, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Nov 24, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Nov 14, 2023
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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...
Talma Admon
Oct 6, 2023
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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,...
Talma Admon
Oct 1, 2023
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