Category: Journals

  • “Shebab and Jeish” – A New ISMer’s Journal From Beit Ummar

    by Ernesto July 4th: We got into the West Bank with no hitches. Unfortunately, I did not get to visit the old city of Al-Quds or Jerusalem, like I promised folks back home I would. I will when I get the opportunity. Around a dozen of us, internationals – from the U.S., Ireland, Scotland, Sweden,…

  • A Letter From Gaza

    They will never stop doing this as long as the US and Britain support them. They cut the electricity and soon there will be no water to drink. Sonic bombs are something that make you feel like you are going crazy! Please do something about them, at least! Hold demonstrations or whatever. I don’t know…

  • Electricity Cut, Bridges Bombed, Sonic Booms Continue

    by Leila El-Haddad Gaza power plant destroyed by US tax-payer funded Israeli F-16s. Picture from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. Israeli F-16s bombed Gaza’s main bridge, right next to my father’s farm, between northern and southern Gaza. They have also destroyed Gaza’s ONLY power plant, and electricity in most of Gaza has been cut…

  • Gaza Tonight

    One Hamas leader was killed yesterday when Israel bombed a car near the President’s home- picture from Al-Jazeera News By Mona El-Farra from From Gaza, With Love It is 7am, June 28, 2006. This is an update in the morning from last night. It was very dangerous for me to reach the computer. The power…

  • Vacation in Balata refugee camp

    by Lucretia R. I decided to take a vacation to Balata refugee camp and give art lessons to children there. I hadn’t been there since the invasion in February and I recently completed a portrait of Ibrahim, a boy who died while I was there and I wanted to give it to his family. Because…