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Starhawk deported from Israel
I'm reprinting a slightly modified version of an article that originally appeared on the Middle East Indymedia sight about Starhawk being deported from Israel.
American activist and feminist Starhawk denied entry and deported from Israel.
Thursday March 13, 2008 by Mary Firth - IMEMC News Report
Starhawk, well known American anarchist activist was deported by the Israeli government on Thursday. Altho she practices the Pagan religion, she is very proud of her Jewish heritage.
Starhawk, author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality arrived in Tel Aviv Wednesday, 12 March.
She was in Palestine to help teach a permaculture course in the northern West Bank as well as working with earth activists to develop a project in the Bethlehem area.
Dr. Joanne Taylor, a British psychologist commented on the deportation "clearly the Israeli authorities are paranoid even about letting people grow crops and conserve rainwater on their own land."
Declaring herself as 'a peace, environmental, and global justice activist and trainer, a permaculture designer and teacher, a Pagan and Witch', perhaps this earthy combination was just too threatening for the powers that be. Starhawk's key message is that the power we hold within ourselves has potential far greater than any people can have over us.
Certainly survival of the Palestinian people depends on being able to feed themselves; whilst even access to water is under threat from the Israeli military occupation, learning ways to recycle and store this is an urgent priority.
One of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality, Starhawk is also well-known as a global justice activist and organizer, whose work and writings have inspired many to action. Her works have been translated into many languages and her essays reprinted across the world.
Starhawk's newest book is The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature. It would seem that Israel has much to fear from such open-minded thinking and this cowardly move will only help spread her word more widely.
Thursday March 13, 2008 by Mary Firth - IMEMC News Report
Starhawk, well known American anarchist activist was deported by the Israeli government on Thursday. Altho she practices the Pagan religion, she is very proud of her Jewish heritage.
Starhawk, author of many works celebrating the Goddess movement and Earth-based, feminist spirituality arrived in Tel Aviv Wednesday, 12 March.
She was in Palestine to help teach a permaculture course in the northern West Bank as well as working with earth activists to develop a project in the Bethlehem area.
Dr. Joanne Taylor, a British psychologist commented on the deportation "clearly the Israeli authorities are paranoid even about letting people grow crops and conserve rainwater on their own land."
Declaring herself as 'a peace, environmental, and global justice activist and trainer, a permaculture designer and teacher, a Pagan and Witch', perhaps this earthy combination was just too threatening for the powers that be. Starhawk's key message is that the power we hold within ourselves has potential far greater than any people can have over us.
Certainly survival of the Palestinian people depends on being able to feed themselves; whilst even access to water is under threat from the Israeli military occupation, learning ways to recycle and store this is an urgent priority.
One of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality, Starhawk is also well-known as a global justice activist and organizer, whose work and writings have inspired many to action. Her works have been translated into many languages and her essays reprinted across the world.
Starhawk's newest book is The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature. It would seem that Israel has much to fear from such open-minded thinking and this cowardly move will only help spread her word more widely.
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What middle east indymedias are still viable? I thought they were all frozen/dissolved?
She wanted to go to the West Bank. Why does Israel get to determine who goes to the west bank.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/27/18482052.php
Wht are the palestinians using their limited farmland to grow flowers, rather than food?
Wht are the palestinians using their limited farmland to grow flowers, rather than food?
Probably because people buy them (or because they know that they can sell them). I would guess that they want to grow things that they can get cold, hard, cash for.
Over email I heard a lot of people saying Indymedia was reporting about Starhawk, but I think they were referring to the International Middle East Media Center, imemc.org, whose reports can often be heard on Free Speech Radio News (fsrn.org). Note that IMEMC doesn't link to any indymedia sites from its front page, whereas an IMC such as Indybay does.
-Mahtin
-Mahtin
"Certainly survival of the Palestinian people depends on being able to feed themselves; whilst even access to water is under threat from the Israeli military occupation, learning ways to recycle and store this is an urgent priority. "
So is it an everyman for himself situation? Are some Palestinians controlling large swatches of crop land they use for cash crops, rather than feeding the community? That would be terrible, but not unexpected. What would work better and would be more sustainable would be crops grown for local consumption- in an arrid climate where people are starving, it is obscene to waste water and energy on flowers, even if they can be sold for cash.
Seems that carnation farms benefit one family, while sustainable community based agriculture would benefit entire villages.
So is it an everyman for himself situation? Are some Palestinians controlling large swatches of crop land they use for cash crops, rather than feeding the community? That would be terrible, but not unexpected. What would work better and would be more sustainable would be crops grown for local consumption- in an arrid climate where people are starving, it is obscene to waste water and energy on flowers, even if they can be sold for cash.
Seems that carnation farms benefit one family, while sustainable community based agriculture would benefit entire villages.
Where does it say anything in this article about flowers? Starhawk came to New Orleans after Katrina and Rita, she showed how to clear out the toxins from yards and how to protect ourselves from the poisons from the flood waters. She does not worry about flowers but feeding people.
She is a heroine...
She teaches how to use the Earth to feed yourself without damaging the planet. She also teaches non violent activism.
She is a heroine...
She teaches how to use the Earth to feed yourself without damaging the planet. She also teaches non violent activism.
For more information:
http://www.wisteria-tradition.com
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/27/18482052.php
Why are the palestinians using their limited farmland to grow flowers, rather than food?
The article that appeared on Indybay was about the Palestininans growing flowers instead of food
Why are the palestinians using their limited farmland to grow flowers, rather than food?
The article that appeared on Indybay was about the Palestininans growing flowers instead of food
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