Category: Journals

  • Occupation Police Benevolence in the Jordan Valley

    by Peter, January 25th Recently, I was able to accompany three Palestinians on a drive through the Jordan Valley. The more scenic aspects aside, a trip through the area revealed the slow, destructive siege of the Valley. Movement restrictions have effectively sealed off the Jordan Valley from the rest of the West Bank. For example,…

  • “They’re the army. They’re always right”

    by Yifat Appelbaum, January 24th A. made some fried squash tonight at the office. He looked a little more serious than he usually looks. As we were eating, he told me a story. “Today I was at Qalandia,” he started, “Some army jeeps started going down the road towards Ramallah. And there were some kids.”…

  • A trip to the post office…

    by Lucretia Reflection, Yesterday I had to take some things to be mailed at the post office in Jerusalem and had conservatively estimated 4 hours for the trip. Oops, silly me ! When I first came to Palestine a year ago, the trip from Ramallah to Jerusalem took about 20 minutes. Fast forward one year…