Category: Journals
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Dreadful Consequences
Gaza today -lawless embargo , sanctions and occupation by Dr. Mona El-Farra, 23 May 2007 A few days ago, a ceasefire has been signed again between the two Palestinian fighting parties, Fatah and Hamas. And children are back at school. My daughter started her end of the year exams early. All the schools had to…
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In the belly of the wailing “democracy” called Israel
In this story, Hope may just be the name of someone I served coffee to in Pennsylvania by Jesus Martinez, 21 May 2007 We start this tale on Friday, May 18th in Bethlehem, and end up back in Bethlehem on Sunday May 2o. Jesus would have been devastated seeing what I have seen in his…
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Please don’t shit on the apricots
by: Yifat Appelbaum this is an infographic Today I feel frustrated. I sat in a cute little apricot orchard in a village near Beit Lahem as the army watched us through binoculars from the hill, a menacing bulldozer in the background. They’re going to ‘doze this orchard to make way for sewage pipes from the…
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The Losers are Too Numerous to Name
by Anna Baltzer, 15 May 2007 Palestinian performers depict typical scenes of interrogation, abuse, and torture of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and detention centers. A few weeks ago I attended an event commemorating Palestinian Prisoner’s Day at Al Far’a Refugee Camp in the Tubas area. To enter the theatrical and cultural spectacle we had to…
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Pushed into the Sea? Try pushed out of your neighborhood instead..
by: Yifat Appelbaum Firas used to live in the old city of Hebron until 1 year ago when he and his whole family left as a result of the settler and soldier violence. He asked me to go with him to visit the old house, which his family still owns. He wanted to see what…