{"id":3949,"date":"2014-04-09T08:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:32:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:32:31","slug":"epalestine-haaretz-jewish-response-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2014\/04\/epalestine-haaretz-jewish-response-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Haaretz: A Jewish response to Israeli checkpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haaretz<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"\" itemprop=\"headline\">\n                A Jewish response to Israeli checkpoints<\/h1>\n<h2 itemprop=\"description\">\n<em>The Israeli army   restricts Palestinians\u2019 freedom of movement for the sake of security.   How can we strike a balance between serving one people\u2019s freedom at the   cost of another\u2019s?<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"\">        By                                              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/misc\/writers\/rabbi-yehoshua-looks-jewish-world-blogger-1.449370\" rel=\"author\">Rabbi Yehoshua Looks \/ Jewish World blogger<\/a>                  <\/span>                      |                             <span class=\"\">        Apr. 8, 2014 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Palestinian workers from Hebron at Tarqumiya Checkpoint\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish\/2014-04-08\/ty-article\/.premium\/a-jewish-response-to-israeli-checkpoints\/0000017f-e1ad-d9aa-afff-f9fdedb30000\" height=\"230\" width=\"400\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">&#8220;&#8230;<\/span><span class=\"\">I met Sam Bahour last month whilst on an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.encounterprograms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Encounter<\/a> trip to Bethlehem, where he related his story&#8230;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ AT: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mVjy5D\">  http:\/\/bit.ly\/1mVjy5D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be Jewish,<\/p>\n<p>Sam<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">ePalestine Blog:<\/span><\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u title=\"\">http:\/\/www. epalestine.com<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Everything about this list:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue; font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><u title=\"\">http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/<span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span>-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">To subscribe, send mail to:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"mailto:epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><span title=\"\">epalestine<\/span>-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haaretz A Jewish response to Israeli checkpoints The Israeli army restricts Palestinians\u2019 freedom of movement for the sake of security. How can we strike a balance between serving one people\u2019s freedom at the cost of another\u2019s? By Rabbi Yehoshua Looks \/ Jewish World blogger | Apr. 8, 2014 &#8220;&#8230;I met Sam Bahour last month whilst [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[952,286,977,40,1387],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-checkpoints","tag-encounter","tag-haaretz","tag-israeli-occupation","tag-jews-and-judaism"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631) resides in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He does business consulting as <a href=\"https:\/\/aim.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied Information Management<\/a> (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.\r\n\r\nBahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder &amp; Emeritus Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/a4vpe.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy<\/a> (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Vision<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHe writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1994\/10\/homeland-oral-histories-of-palestine-and-palestinians-book-recommended\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBahour\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamBahour<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">epalestine.ps.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9291,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3949\/revisions\/9291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3949"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}