Alison Avigayil Ramer
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Alison Avigayil Ramer is a writer, journalist and the Director of Media and Public Outreach at Al-Tariq - The Palestinian Institute for Development and Democracy.

Originally from New York, Alison holds a BA in Politics and Jewish Studies from Mount Holyoke College. She first came to Israel / occupied Palestinian Territories on a Birthright trip during the start of the Second Lebanon War and immigrated to Israel in 2007. After living in Tel Aviv for three years, Alison moved into the occupied Palestinian Territories to face her fears of the "other" and gain a deeper understanding of Palestinian life under occupation.

In addition to the Huffington Post, her writing and press work has been published by the Associated Press, the Boston Globe, the Guardian, Telegraph, Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post, on CNN, BBC Radio and National Public Radio, as well as new media sources such as +972 Mag,, Global Voices, Jewlicious and her blog, AlisonRamer.com.

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Blog Entries by Alison Avigayil Ramer

$30 Billion for Occupy Wall Street

54 Comments | Posted October 18, 2011 | 16:29:59 (EST)

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Photo illustration by Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Dear Occupy Wall Street,

You're getting a taste of what it is to be Palestinian. You're starting to know what it is like to not have a job, know why, and know the names and addresses of the people...

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Is JStreet a Part of the Solution or the Problem?

Posted March 1, 2011 | 14:50:26 (EST)

This weekend JStreet, the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement, held their second national conference. Panels focused on hot topics like a nuclear Iran, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) and the recent American veto of the UN resolution to condemn settlements. Speakers stressed that the...

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Palestinians and Israelis Call for Peace on Eve of Tragedy in Hebron, West Bank

Posted September 2, 2010 | 14:27:50 (EST)

As negotiations began in Washington, a grave isolated act of violence took place on Route 60, near Hebron, and four Israeli settlers were killed. In response, several Palestinians and Israelis expressed their disappointment in this extremist act of violence and encouraged the each other to focus on peace...

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Do International Activists Help or Hinder the Palestinian Struggle?

Posted July 8, 2010 | 21:08:54 (EST)

Wearing a red t-shirt, kaffiyah and several new Palestinian flag-colored bracelets around her wrist, a twenty-four year old activist from London passionately spoke about her experience as an occupation tourist at a weekly protest of the wall in the West Bank village of Nil'in. In addition to being detained at...

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