Category: Journals

  • Kufr Qaddoum: Not peanuts in the colonists’ jar

    Kufr Qaddoum: Not peanuts in the colonists’ jar

    by Amal 16 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The cold and rain did not keep the residents of Kufr Qaddoum from protesting this past Friday. Even the hail storm did not stop them from demanding their equal rights. The resilience and courage of the residents cannot be summed up in words. However,…

  • Palestine doesn’t ask for aid, but for freedom and recognition

    Palestine doesn’t ask for aid, but for freedom and recognition

    by Emma 13 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank I always knew I would go to Palestine one day. It wasn’t until I met my four friends from Gaza, Motasem, Mohammed, Hussein and Mo’min, during my time as an exchange student at a Turkish university, that I finally decided to go. Their humble and honest…

  • Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

    Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

    by Rosa Schiano 7 January 2012 | il blog di Oliva On Tuesday there was another demonstration in Beit Hanoun against the “buffer zone” imposed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators also commemorated the over 1400 Palestinians killed during operation “Cast Lead”. The demonstration started at about 11.00 am. A drone…

  • Raw memories of war

    Raw memories of war

    by Yousef M. Aljamal 27 December 2011 | Center for Political and Development Studies Simply put, I hate war. I love peace, for I don’t live peacefully just like others. My youngest sister hates war too. She could never forget the sounds of American-made F16s raiding Gaza’s only Power Plant, burning it to ashes, which…

  • Merry Christmas from Gaza

    Merry Christmas from Gaza

    by Shahd Abusalama 25 December 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes When I was a very young girl, I used to climb the window and stretch my arm out, trying to collect some rain in my small hand, then sip it, believing that it was the purest ever. I remembered this as I was listening…