Category: Journals

  • Reposted: “Sleeping in the Bed of a Suicide Bomber”

    This journal entry is being reposted because of the current imprisonment of Paul Larudee, the 60 year old piano tuner and ISM peace activist that Israel is currently trying to deport. The article was written at a time when ISM was focused on a campaign of living in the homes of the bereaved families of…

  • Bloody Friday: 10 killed in Gaza massacre, as shelling, sonic booms continue

    By Leila Al Haddad Just as I’ve made my way back to Maryland USA, getting ready to write a post about how my stint on Democracy Now went this morning, I learned that 10 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza as they were picnicking on the beach. 3 of them were…

  • Sunbula’s Journal: “Normalised Occupation”

    Saturday May 27th: I have returned to Ramallah. I feel a little worried I’m getting used to certain things I shouldn’t really be used to. When I was coming back in the taxi from al-Quds/Jerusalem, driving through Ar-Ram and Qalandia, the Wall is alongside us on our left, and separates people’s homes from stores and…