Category: Journals

  • How Many Escorts Does it Take to Get 3 Children Home?

    “When are we going to get a reality show in Tel Rumeida?” by Shlomo Bloom HRWs (the two women in vests) try to escort Palestinian kids (left) through a razor wire fence while settlers (background) and Israeli activists (foreground) look on 20th May 2006: How many people does it require to escort three Palestinian children…

  • Shlomo’s Journal: “The Magic Answer”

    By Shlomo Bloom Today I arrived at Qalandia checkpoint on my way to Jerusalem from Ramallah and got in line behind about 15 Palestinians. The line moved at a slow but steady pace until two people showed their IDs to the soldiers behind the glass and an argument in Hebrew began. It was clear the…

  • Successful Land-Access Action in Beit Omar

    Sunbula’s Journal: “Settler Brats and Weed Pulling” 20th May: From Jerusalem to Beit Omar, you need to change taxis three times in order to get there, partly because of two Israeli checkpoints. It is a small village outside Hebron (al-Khalil) past Bethlehem. An international presence was needed there today in order to help the farmers…