Category: In the Media

  • Travelers share tales from Rafah

    by Venice Buhain Originally publsihed in The Olympian OLYMPIA — For a few hours Sunday, the Olympia Eagles Ballroom was filled with friendly chatter, the enticing smells of Mediterranean food and the delicate handiwork of Palestinian embroidery. But the main event at the fundraiser for the Olympia-Rafah Sister City Project was a presentation by two…

  • Youth, 17, says shot in the eye by Border Police officers

    By Jonathan Lis Originally published in Haaretz Matan Cohen, an Israeli demonstrator against the separation fence, told Haaretz on Saturday that doctors are not sure if he will be able to see out of his eye again after he was reportedly shot the day before by a Border Police officer during a protest. Cohen said…

  • Injured anti-fence ‘anarchist’ speaks out

    by Meital Yasur Beit-Or Originally published at Ynet.com Matah Cohen has sustained eye injuries while protesting the security fence near Ramallah; Says: ‘I feel like the blood of Left-wing activists is cheap’ Matan Cohen, 17, from Tel Aviv, and a member of the “Anarchists Against the Fence” organization, was injured while demonstrating against the security…