Category: Journals

  • Palestinian prisoners families protest at Red Cross

    ISM Gaza | Palestinian Prisoners 8 April 2009 Every Monday for years the families of the Palestinian prisoners are protesting at the offices of the Red Cross in Gaza City. These families  have not been allowed to visit their relatives imprisoned in Israeli jails for almost 2 years. According to human rights organizations (including Israeli…

  • Warmth and support

    Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 4 April 2009 I met Ramadan and Sabrine Shamali at a Sheyjayee market a couple of days ago. They were going to buy new blankets, mattresses, and other essentials, including clothing, to replace what was lost when their house was attacked by the invading Israeli army during Israel’s war on…

  • The lentils did ok today

    Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell 31 March 2009 Today we accompanied farmers in the Latamat area on the outskirts of Khoza’a. The last time we were out farming in Khoza’a the shooting was the closest I’d experienced, and from the video footage it looked like the Israelis were aiming to shoot my college J…