You will be pleased to know that Ilektra and I arrived back in Denmark a few days ago and I have been eagerly trying to organize myself before posting. It would be impossible for me to fully condense my thoughts so soon after having returned from Gaza, so I won’t do it now. I have posted some pictures on Flickr from my post-research trip around Israel and Palestine; take a look if you are interested. During our brief time in Jerusalem, we stayed with fellow blogger Steve Amsel (the man behind Desert Peace) and had a fantastic time at his place. Steve treated us like family and I was very happy to have met him in person.

It has been nearly a month since I last posted and, as I say, it will take me some time to gather my thoughts. For now, I will not mention the many conflicting emotions running through my mind regarding my departure from Gaza, but I will say one thing: My impression of the situation has remained largely unchanged, though the occupation has become vastly more tangible to me and thus, more outraging and more depressing. My personal relationships with the amazing people of Gaza have connected me intimately with the occupation and I find myself vastly more concerned when I read the news of near-daily Israeli incursions in Gaza. Who knows when someone I know may be killed or seriously injured? More than before, I believe the Israeli occupation and colonization of Palestinian land to be one of the great injustices of our time.

From tomorrow, harmonicminor.com will be back again as usual. I am accepting suggestions for posts and guest posts and I would also like to encourage members of the harmonicminor.com staff to continue their contributions to the content. This is all part of the new format I began last September and I hope to continue with it.

Thanks to everyone for their patience.

Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,


COMMENTS / 4 COMMENTS

[...] Kris…and [...]

PICKS OF THE DAY ~~ JANUARY 16th « Desertpeace added these words on Jan 17 08 at 01:36

[...] Kris is Back (Though Not Entirely Without Regrets) Kris is Back (Though Not Entirely Without Regrets) Filed under:Palestine — posted by Kris Petersen on @ 11:44 am You will be pleased to know that Ilektra and I arrived back in Denmark a few days ago and I have been eagerly trying to organize myself before posting. It would be impossible for me to fully condense my thoughts so soon after having returned from Gaza, so I won’t do it now. I have posted some pictures on Flickr from my post-research trip around Israel and Palestine; take a look if y [...]

Palestine » Blog Archive » A Middle Eastern Perspective in New Testament Studies added these words on Jan 18 08 at 08:24

I can imagine that you are going through a difficult transformation returning from Gaza: I hope it will not impede you in your utmost important activism!

Jonas added these pithy words on Jan 16 08 at 19:34

I have met a couple people through blogging and have been impressed both times. Steve is a tireless activist and I would love to meet him in real life. Welcome back!

graeme added these pithy words on Jan 20 08 at 06:51

SPEAK / ADD YOUR COMMENT
All comments are moderated.

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Return to Top

Kris is Back (Though Not Entirely Without Regrets)

FRESH / LATEST POSTS

TAG / CLOUD

al-Nakba Annapolis Army Barack Obama Congress Ehud Olmert Fatah Gaza Gaza City George W. Bush Hamas harmonic minor harmonicminor harmonicminor.com Human Rights IDF Iraq Islam Ismail Haniyeh Israel Jerusalem Judaism Kris Petersen Mahmoud Abbas Middle-East Military Military Occupation Nakba neonmeatte Occupation Palestine Palestinians Racism Roadmap Rockets Settlements Terrorism Torture United States Violence War War on Terror Washington West Bank Zionism

happening now

Kris Murdering four Israeli settlers: "savage brutality"; murdering 1400 Gazans: "disproportionate force". This is how the U.S. views the Middle East.

browse by topic

archives