Journals

Eccerpts from by Nadia’s journal 3 May 2007 What happened to me yesterday is something I couldn’t imagine possible, not because I didn’t think I could be refused entrance into Israel. There always was a possibility I would be interrogated, ...

Remembering Deir Yassin by Anna Baltzer, 1 May 2007 Um El Fahim town in present-day Israel, home to 48,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel, mostly internal refugees denied services equal to Jews or the right to return to their homes. 59 ...

To Azmi Beshara by Juliano Mer Khamis, 29 April 2007 Azmi, My Brother, You had the good sense to see what was coming – the security forces in cooperation with the judicial system of Israel decided to take steps against, ...

Prelude to the Third Intifada? by Anna Baltzer, 30 April 2007 Atara Checkpoint in early April: Passover—the Jewish holiday celebrating freedom from oppression—is accompanied by tightening restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank, resulting in checkpoint waits of many hours. ...

by: Yifat Appelbaum Israeli soldiers in Hebron sometimes do exercises to practice for combat situations. Ok, I can accept that. They need to always be on their toes in case there is a terrorist, right? *wink wink nudge nudge* But ...

by: -bat. There are no other events in this account which are violent and dramatic in the way Bil’in was, but in the days since I have been back I have had some bad dreams about the trip, and it ...

Call from a Mother of Seven Prisoners 23 April 2007 Latifah Naji Abo Homeed, 61 years old, lives in Al Am’ary Refugee Camp in the city of Ramallah – Palestine. Of her 10 children, one killed during 1994 by Israeli ...

From Palestine to Virginia Tech: We are with you in this Time of Pain by Sami Awad, 20 April 2007 Two days ago a tragic event took place in Virginia Tech in the US that shocked not only the people ...

V for Vacation By Omar in Jordan, 24 April 2007 Yesterday I drove for around an hour all the way to the Jordan River near the Dead Sea; I was going to King Hussein’s gateway to pick up my parents ...

by -bat. Internationals in the west bank are busy – there is a lot of useful things to be done, and operating to a tight schedule is not easy in a world where unexpected restrictions may be imposed without warning, ...