What does it mean to hold a claim to a place when another community’s claim to the same place is backed by a state, a military, and a wall?
Why do Israelis and Palestinians who choose to work with former adversaries face condemnation from their own communities?
How does a tourist spraying a message of solidarity on a wall make the people living behind that wall less visible — not more?
Contested Spaces
Barrier
A bus terminal that would never exist outside occupation. What security infrastructure builds into a landscape — and what it costs when no one notices anymore.
Peacebuilding
Just Quiet
An Israeli wants quiet after years of trauma. A Palestinian cannot leave, would not leave, and has never known anything but the weight of occupation. What those two positions reveal about each other.
Invisibility
Creating & Planning Transnational Place
Most of the graffiti on the Israeli Separation Barrier was painted by people who will never have to live behind it. This piece asks what that means — and who it’s actually for.
Tichnun: Journal of the Israel Association of Planners