Category: Journals

  • Inheriting resistance in the South Hebron Hills: “I am my father’s daughter, if he can do this, so can I… and more”

    Inheriting resistance in the South Hebron Hills: “I am my father’s daughter, if he can do this, so can I… and more”

    August 6 | International Solidarity Movement | South Hebron Hills, occupied Palestine “My life is occupation … all the time you have to be ready for the bad, and the most bad you can imagine,” Sameeha Huraini tells me, as she explains the reality of day-to-day life in the South Hebron Hills. She is just…

  • Education under occupation

    Education under occupation

    August 11 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, occupied Palestine Whilst continuing my work with ISM this year, I spent four weeks working at the Hebron/al-Khalil office of Defence for Children International focussing on the way that the occupation has compromised the access to education in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza. It is…

  • A personal account of detention, racism and broken rules

    A personal account of detention, racism and broken rules

    May 8, 2019 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | Al-Khalil (Hebron), occupied Palestine The neighborhood of Salaymeh next to Salaymeh checkpoint (160) has been the center of tensions between Palestinians and the Israelis in the city of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This checkpoint cuts off an already poor and struggling neighborhood from the rest of the…