Mindful Activist Ora Nadrich and DailyClout CEO Naomi Wolf wrestle with Israel/Palestine, the psychology of women involved in these conflicts, and the importance of women’s role in peace.
Cities: How to Build for Love and Resistance; How to “Be Peace”
I’m writing on the morning of my 61st birthday — a phrase that does not trip off the tongue, or emerge easily on the keyboard! I am the only one awake yet — Brian is still asleep, and Loki, his fluffy fur having grown back after his late-summer grooming, is snuggled against him, napping too. […]
‘The Bergdahl Case is a Window Into Our National Fiction on War and Patriotism’
Dear DailyClout, I am not MAGA person by any stretch, but Steve Bannon’s clarion warning over the last week that it is a small segment of the U.S. population that will bear the cost of unwinnable, quagmire foreign wars could not be more on point. That said, most Republicans and MAGA people, like all Americans, […]
On Israel, the Palestinian territories and the doubtful project of liberal peacemaking
I’ve had a bit of self-imposed writer’s block recently. There are things I want to say about the discourse around the Hamas attacks and the Israeli response that are very delicate and which, I fear, will earn me few friends. So, until this morning, I’ve tried very hard not to write them. I’ve now given […]
What the Hell Just Happened #Israel
It’s 2 a.m. on the darkest day in Israel I’ve lived through in the 20 years I’ve been here. None of us know how to process the horrific information flooding our feeds. In the spring of 2014, the entire country held its breath and prayed for 3 weeks when 3 teenage boys, Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali […]