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 […]
A Jewish Demographic State
It sounds like a bad joke, but it really happened: A rabbi went from Israel to Peru, converted agroup of Native Americans to Judaism, brought them to this country and put them in asettlement, on land taken away from its Palestinian owners. There they receive, as allsettlers do, generous government subsidies, paid for with money […]
Day 112- Nablus Under Curfew
The assassination of a peace activist The jeep was roaming the city. Inside it, a bunch of model Israeli soldiers, they have all thequalifications of the typical Israeli occupation army requests; ruthlessness,blood-thirst and sadism. The jeep approach Street 15 in the Rafidya area in Nablus, residential buildings and villaswere the theme of the area. Dr. […]
Day 112- Nablus Under Curfew
The assassination of a peace activist The jeep was roaming the city. Inside it, a bunch of model Israeli soldiers, they have all thequalifications of the typical Israeli occupation army requests; ruthlessness,blood-thirst and sadism. The jeep approach Street 15 in the Rafidya area in Nablus, residential buildings and villaswere the theme of the area. Dr. […]
Help Palestinians picking olives
Olive Harvest Campaign Dates: October 15 – November 15, 2002 Training: Orientation and training is mandatory for all who are coming to join the ISM campaign. Even ifyou have been on previous ISM campaigns or otherwise have significant experience in theregion, affinity group building and updates on the situation are important elements of thetraining and […]