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... village of Bil’in, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with PalestiniansI protesting the route of Israel’s separation barrier. Bil’in, site of the longest running demonstration against...

... wire, ditches, watch towers, and electronic surveillance systems, this 400-mile, disputed barrier has been given many names: security barrier , separation fence, antiterrorism fence , and apartheid wall are among them. The construction of the barrier began in 2002, and if the project continues...

...Adrean Clark ( adreanaline.com ) All Barriers Crumble and Fall by Adrean Clark. The hands in this artwork are making the sign for “sledgehammer.” The written sign language at the top is a quotation from the first female valedictorian at Gallaudet University: “This day women have many barriers...

... in the buffet line for my salad. In truth, my answer was something of a lie. What’s wrong with me has more to do with objectification, pity, and disdain than with honest muscle and bone. The primary problem lies in social attitudes, architectural barriers, and cultural conceptions of normalcy that value...

... Republicans cannot be blind to the social and racial barriers to individual opportunity in our country. These barriers need to be confronted through anti-discrimination laws, and toughly enforced. It is a charade to trumpet individual responsibility if we do...

...Rabbi Tirzah Firestone plants an olive tree in the Palestinian village of Beit Surik, on land accessible to a family that has been cut off from the land it owns by the separation barrier, October 2010. ...

... of the disability rights movement that emerged in Britain and the United States in the 1960s is clear: it is the structural barriers in society, such as the lack of physical access to wheelchair users, that prevent the participation of disabled people in daily life, rather than the medical impairment of a person...

...The construction of the separation barrier and the rapid growth of Israeli settlements are a major problem, but widespread Israeli opposition to a Palestinian state is at the root of what’s making a two-state solution unlikely. Creative Commons/Sarahtz ...

... into focus, dressed in colors dark as the night. At first the stranger’s words were muted by the music blaring through my headphones — my temporary barrier against the many interlocutors who feel entitled to interaction once they notice my limp. This visibility is something I cannot hide, and I don’t...

... tion has done to the Jewish people. I will D IV ID E D PEOPLE 0 ing the “separation barrier” (aka not dwell on that point, however. A JUST apartheid wall) around six small West Here are the things to watch out for Bank villages. The barrier would have in order...

... Palestinians have begun to compare themselves with other Arabs, particularly Jordanians. Before the barrier we felt ‘we can’t do’; now, we feel we can be successful and we can acknowledge our achievements, especially our survival.” This observation about the Wall’s unexpected silver lining is not meant...

... revenge.” Despite their reservations, the family wanted to break through all the barriers of fear that had been built up by decades of an asymmetrical conflict. They wanted me in their home, wanted this attempt at reconciliation — this attempt at a reckoning — to take place. The Odehs weren’t...

... affective barriers to religious participation for people with disabilities. With accessibility as the rallying cry, religious communities can move even closer to justice for and inclusion of all — disabled and non disabled alike. Reading the gospel of John through a hermeneutic of liberation, Christian...

... destruction by Israel’s Separation Barrier. Our responsibility is to create compelling, accurate media and build networks of support that amplify voices of dissent who are pushing beyond the margins and willing to think, act, and organize creatively in their pursuit of a just, free, and equal future. I...

... breaking down our own inner barriers to loving others and to loving ourselves. Rejecting the cynical view that everyone is out for himself or herself, that there is nothing but selfishness—and instead allowing ourselves to see that we are surrounded by people who would love to live in a world based...