Category: Journals
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Resistance and tear gas
21st August 2014 | Saeeda Al-Rashid | Occupied Palestine It’s late May [2013], and the air is stifling. Heat sizzles from the pavement, and Khalili youth, though well-adapted to these conditions, can be seen wiping sweat from their brows as they trek home from school. A few trickle through Checkpoint 56 into the Tel Rumeida neighborhood, formally designated Israeli-controlled territory…
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Consequences of destruction
17th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine The military assaults on the Palestinians have been going on for over a month, and even if the war should end while I’m writing, the exhausting consequences of it will continue for some time. Concern for your own life, for your family members and friends, and…
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More stories from Gaza
9th August 2014 | Sarah Algherbawi | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Sarah Algherbawi is a Palestinian citizen who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1991 and now lives in the Gaza Strip. She finished her BSc degree in Business Administration at the Islamic University of Gaza, and now works as a media project coordinator. It is extremely difficult to find a…
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Journal: Clashes in Hebron
9th August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Vern | Hebron, Occupied Palestine As ISM volunteers were heading back from al-Masara village yesterday, we were dropped at off at Bab Al-Zawiye, the city center of Hebron. We observed a clash between Palestinian youths and the Israeli army. Youths were throwing rocks and were gunned down with rubber coated steel…
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Returning to Beit Hanoun
8th August 2014 | Charlie Andreasson| Gaza, Occupied Palestine We went back to Beit Hanoun almost two weeks after the Israeli military held us captive in the hospital and shelled it for 13 hours. It was the second day of the 72 hours ceasefire, and there was far more traffic on the roads and streets than there…
