At the Palestine-Mexico Border: Confronting the Climate Fortress in Southern Arizona

Renowned Palestinian scientist and environmentalist Mazin Qumsiyeh visits a surveillance tower first tested in the West Bank and speaks of the need for a “joint struggle.”

Mazin Qumsiyeh and members of the Arizona Palestine Solidarity Alliance gather in front of the Elbit surveillance tower north of Nogales. (Photo credit: Todd Miller)

In late August, I along with a group of people trudged up the gravel road on a hill near Peña Blanca Lake, just outside Nogales, about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. There, member…