Category: Journals

  • International thoughts: Coping with the reality of Israeli occupation

    by Iman 5 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank I am … well, it is not easy to explain. I am overwhelmed, I am shocked, grateful yet disappointed, filled with love and anger, incomprehension filled my heart and an inability to truly understand what is going on. On the one side I think…

  • Happy birthday, dear Vittorio (RIP)

    Happy birthday, dear Vittorio (RIP)

    by Shahd Abusalama 4 February 2012 | Palestine from My Eyes As I realized today’s date, the 4th of February, a stream of memories flooded into my mind. Today, last year, marked my dear friend Vittorio Arrigoni’s last birthday I spent with him. I remember it was a nice, rainy Friday. I felt happy to…

  • Music against the No Go Zone

    Music against the No Go Zone

    by Rosa Schiano 31 January 2012 | il Blog di Oliva Every Tuesday we demonstrate at the Erez border crossing, in Beit Hanoun, in the northern  Gaza Strip. The demonstration started at about 11:00 AM. We headed for the No Go Zone. The No Go Zone is an area taken by Israel that extends along Gaza’s entire…