Journals

by Mary, October 14th A young soldier told me that he didn’t care what anyone thought of him. He did not want peace, just quiet. He wanted quiet! And quiet he has, I suppose. He has no need to arrest ...

by Tom Hayes, October 11th I visited the village of Bil’in, close to Ramallah, on Saturday. The villagers had asked for an international presence in the village after the IOF had arrested Emad, a Palestinian cameraman who works for Reuters ...

by Daniela, Tuesday 26th September This weekend I attended a small rally in Tulkarem, where Palestinian NGOs were calling for a boycott of Israeli goods. Although the group was small, they were organized and seemed intent to follow through with ...

by Sholmo Bloom. Journal entry providing further insight to a previously published report on the same incident. It’s Shabbat, the Jewish holy day, also the day when the settlers cause the most trouble in Tel Rumeida. I was sitting on ...

by Daniela I was staring out the window of my office today, looking down from the seventh floor of this building that is also a shopping mall in the middle of Ramallah. I was watching a group of cab drivers ...

Shlomo Bloom Somehow I doubt the names and faces of the father and his three teenage boys who were kidnapped by Israeli Occupation Force soldiers tonight in Ramallah will be plastered all over news tomorrow like the face of Gilad ...

writing from Shatila refugee camp, Beirut, Electronic Lebanon, 6 August 2006 My name is Usama Abu el-Sheikh, and I am from Tabaria, Palestine. I am of course a refugee and have never been to my hometown in Palestine though I ...

By Mona El-Farra from her blog From Gaza, With Love 12:30 am 4th of August The Israeli army continues its military operation, in the south of Gaza (Rafah town). Army tanks are heading into the refugee camp under the cover ...

by Alizarin J. Crimson Sometimes I feel like my head is going to burst with irony. Like walking through Arab East Jerusalem and seeing Palestinian men wearing tshirts that say: “F.B.I. anti-terrorism unit”. And I wonder if they are wearing ...

A story from Maghazi Refugee Camp, central Gaza by: Rami Almeghari It was just after 1am when the Israeli jeeps and tanks, backed by war planes, invaded Maghazi, telling the story of Palestinian refugees anew. It is a story that ...