Category: Journals

  • ‘When they took us… they did not even look at our IDs.’

    my day in Huwwara by J. On Wednesday I was in an Israeli prison for one day. As you know, Nablus, and the old city mainly, is now undergoing the Israeli operation of ‘The Hot Winter’. The operation started on Sunday, continued on Monday, stopped just for Tuesday and was resumed yesterday. Yesterday was the…

  • death, destruction, racism, flowers

    by Yifat Appelbaum, February 26th Monday morning I got a call saying there is a major invasion in Nablus because soldiers had uncovered an explosives laboratory. The entire city was under curfew, and ISM needed volunteers to go there and help the medical teams. Of course, sure, I had a day off so why not…

  • Normal Life, Destroyed Homes, and Israeli Apartheid

    by Schlomo Bloom The other day, I got a tattoo. Actually, I should say that I got another tattoo, as it is not my first, or for that matter, my last. The day I got my tattoo, was more or less like any other; I got to work by my usual bike route (uphill, unfortunately),…