Israel Stamp Reviews

Palestine Sunbird: A Stamp of Defiance is a 2020 documentary film shot by Ayed Nabaa and produced by Al Jazeera and MediaTown . It tracks the efforts of one Khaled Jarrar, a Ramallah-based artist and activist, to promote his passport stamp and postage stamp designs in various European countries as a means of advocating for Palestinian statehood. In the context of philately, Sunbird is an important movie for a few reasons. The first and most obvious is that it is a documentary about stamps. There are not many of those being produced, certainly not on a stage such as Al Jazeera, so when one does get made it is an immediate cause for celebration. Second, it demonstrates the use of stamps as purveyors of political messages. The intersection of philately and politics has been an area of interest to scholars since before World War I, and it will continue to be of interest for as long as stamps are issued and territorial and ideological disputes persist. Third, the film offers a glimp...

Jericho Post Office | סניף הדואר בעיר יריחו Earlier this month when projecting what 2020 could look like in the context of Israel Stamp Reviews , I had an idea of visiting Bethlehem and reporting on the experience of going to the post office there. Bethlehem is the least complicated Palestinian city to get in and out of from Jerusalem, it's a city I've never been to, and there is a lot to see and do there besides just going to the post office. There was an opportunity to go earlier in the month with the community where I work; but as I happened to be out of the country at the time, it didn't pan out. Consequently, when an opportunity arose recently to go to Jericho, it felt like a second chance that shouldn't be passed up. Jericho Post Office When travelers visit my part of the world, a piece of advice they're usually given is not to bring up the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in conversation with people on either side unless the people themselves invite it,...