Moriel Rothman is an American-Israeli writer, poet and activist. He was born at a very young age in Jerusalem, and was raised and educated in the US. After graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont with a degree in Arabic and Political Science in 2011, Rothman moved back to Jerusalem where he has been involved with various activist and human rights projects and groups working against the Occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Rothman was recently sent to IDF Military Jail #6 for refusing to enlist, and was released in November of 2012. He blobs independently at www.TheLefternWall.com