Author: ISM Media Group

  • Karsten’s Journal: 5 days in Qawawis

    I arrived in the village Tuesday 11th of april. 12.4.06 In the morning I go with Hadj Mahmoud, who takes his sheeps for grazing on the hillside opposite the settlement of Susya. After some time we see a settler car on the road gong up to Susya and he is probably watching us. After 20…

  • The Surreal Story of Qawawis Continues

    Take a trip to Qawawis and you step back in time, yet remain in a surreal and frightening present. It’s an extraordinary place of stark beauty, situated at the extreme southern tip of the Occupied West Bank. Most of the people live in ancient limestone cave dwellings, variously enlarged and improved over the centuries. Yet…

  • Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day, as all hell breaks loose

    By Laila el-Haddad Posted Monday, April 17, 2006 I’m very tired so instead of posting something on how all hells break loose here between one second and the next, and how just when you say to yourself-well how about that, only 20 shells today! and no gunbattles between bickering testosterone charged gunmen with nothing better…