Reprots from Nablus, Jenin, Gaza Strip
1) An Ordinary Operation – Askar Refugge Camp, Nablus2) Jenin, Day 6 of the invasion (reinvasion)3) Gaza Strip update from Kristen An Ordinary Operation Askar Refugee Camp, October 31st, 2002 Last night at approximately 3:15 a.m. IOF soldiers came into Askar refugee campin Nablus. A completely ordinary operation to arrest one man, so normal in […]
Reprots from Nablus, Jenin, Gaza Strip
1) An Ordinary Operation – Askar Refugge Camp, Nablus2) Jenin, Day 6 of the invasion (reinvasion)3) Gaza Strip update from Kristen An Ordinary Operation Askar Refugee Camp, October 31st, 2002 Last night at approximately 3:15 a.m. IOF soldiers came into Askar refugee campin Nablus. A completely ordinary operation to arrest one man, so normal in […]
Naboth had a Vineyard
Had they been there last Saturday at sunset, most Israelis would not have believed their eyes. In the middle of Havarah, a small village south of Nablus, 63 Israelis, men and women, young andold, were standing together with dozens of Palestinian villagers. Jews and Arabs talkedtogether, drank juice offered by the hosts, exchanged addresses and […]
Qarrara, Gaza Strip
Qarrara, Gaza Strip At 30 mph, cars seem as if they are speeding on the dusty road of Qarrara, avillage just south of Abu Ali checkpoint and a few minutes north of KhanYounis, in the middle of the Gaza Strip. The checkpoint is open now. F-16sare rumbling overhead on their way to terrorize Rafah. Israeli […]
Qarrara, Gaza Strip
Qarrara, Gaza Strip At 30 mph, cars seem as if they are speeding on the dusty road of Qarrara, avillage just south of Abu Ali checkpoint and a few minutes north of KhanYounis, in the middle of the Gaza Strip. The checkpoint is open now. F-16sare rumbling overhead on their way to terrorize Rafah. Israeli […]
In Exile – Bethlehem to Gaza
In Bethlehem the air in the streets is hesitatingly chaotic. It cannotrecover from the 2 month long invasion of the Bethlehem area while under aconstant Israeli military occupation. Most residents are not allowed toleave, surrounded by Israeli checkpoints, illegal settlements, and settlerby-pass roads chopping up and choking the area. Despite the internationalmedia reports that it […]
In Exile – Bethlehem to Gaza
In Bethlehem the air in the streets is hesitatingly chaotic. It cannotrecover from the 2 month long invasion of the Bethlehem area while under aconstant Israeli military occupation. Most residents are not allowed toleave, surrounded by Israeli checkpoints, illegal settlements, and settlerby-pass roads chopping up and choking the area. Despite the internationalmedia reports that it […]
The Chain of Command
There is little controversy about the facts: last Thursday, in an IDF action in Rafah, at leasteight Palestinians were killed (the number will probably climb, since some of the woundedwere severely hurt). Five of those killed were woman and children. Almost fifty people werewounded – many of them children who had just left their school […]
Picking olives and Shielding Palestinians against settlers
photo gallery 160 Gush activists reached Saturday at a far-away isolated olive grove,next to which a small group of settlers has set up an “outpost”.The armed settlers have for a long time prevented the owners from approaching their grove,threatening to shoot them on sight. In their despair, the villagers called the Gush for help,and it […]
Picking olives and Shielding Palestinians against settlers
photo gallery 160 Gush activists reached Saturday at a far-away isolated olive grove,next to which a small group of settlers has set up an “outpost”.The armed settlers have for a long time prevented the owners from approaching their grove,threatening to shoot them on sight. In their despair, the villagers called the Gush for help,and it […]