Category: Journals

  • Negotiating Daily Life: Land Access and Checkpoint Encounters

    by Steph, November 6th During this last week while I’ve been picking olives in the Nablus area with Palestinian families and occasionally encountering/confronting soldiers, I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of negotiation in daily life here in Palestine, and also about the role of internationals in that. I often find myself in situations…

  • En Bil’in de nuevo (In Bil’in again)

    A journal entry giving more detail about Friday’s demonstration in Bil’in. English version follows Spanish by Maria del Mar, 10 Noviembre Tengo 61 anos. Soy Espanola. Estuve tambien el ano pasado en Bil’in. Las Fuerzas de Ocupacion Israelies rompieron mi hombro en dos trozos y un tendon, durante la manifestacion pacifica, por nuestro lado, pero…

  • The blood of the martyrs will fertilize the earth

    by Schlomo Bloom, November 6th The finished mural, I wonder how long it will remain free of bullet holes? On and off for the past few weeks I have been working on a mural in Balata refugee camp. The mural is to commemorate the approximately 350 martyrs from Balata since the beginning of the second…