Category: Journals
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Sunbula’s Journal: “Normalised Occupation”
Saturday May 27th: I have returned to Ramallah. I feel a little worried I’m getting used to certain things I shouldn’t really be used to. When I was coming back in the taxi from al-Quds/Jerusalem, driving through Ar-Ram and Qalandia, the Wall is alongside us on our left, and separates people’s homes from stores and…
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Q: What if you live in Tel Rumeida and you have a heart attack ?
A: You die. By Shlomo Bloom I had a pretty bad case of stomach flu for the last few days and was reluctant to even try to go to the doctor because it meant leaving Tel Rumeida on foot, as Palestinians are not allowed to drive cars here. Not even taxis, buses or ambulances. The…
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Palestinian Buildings Destroyed by IOF in Beit Ummar
by Lee and Zadie Settler carries gun as they bike through Beit Omar Last Thursday, May 24, we visited Beit Ummar, which is a village of 20,000 just south of Bethlehem’s large settlement block that includes Gush Etzion. The main road, route 60, connects Bethlehem to Hebron and goes right through Beit Ummar. It is…
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Sunbula’s journal: “Farmers in Bil’in successfully plow their land behind the Wall”
Today there was some plowing of the land around the outpost in Bil’n and as always and international presence was needed to help ensure soldiers didn’t attack Palestinians (the Popular Committee in the village decided to build this outpost at the end of last year in order to “counter-settle” the land being taken from the…
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How Many Escorts Does it Take to Get 3 Children Home?
“When are we going to get a reality show in Tel Rumeida?” by Shlomo Bloom HRWs (the two women in vests) try to escort Palestinian kids (left) through a razor wire fence while settlers (background) and Israeli activists (foreground) look on 20th May 2006: How many people does it require to escort three Palestinian children…