written by V. The psychological and physical harassment in the village of Qawawis continues. The sheperds living in the hamlet of Qawawis, South of Hebron live in constant fear of the settlers living in the nearby illegal settlement outpost. All ...
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The Caves of Last Resort
The Stories of Quawawis and Massafer Yatta On Tuesday, June 8, the Israeli civil administration told the villagers of Quawawis to remove the roofless structures built in front of the caves where they are living. If they don’t tear the ...
Read More »May Day Demo, 2005
by Lena May day in the West Bank, and as a village marches in protest against the wall that will cut them off from over 50% of their land, the digger continues, picking away at the hillside relentlessly. Bil’in is ...
Read More »Letter from Hebron
by Ian After a period of fine weather, the city now has Biblical floods and power cuts. It’s difficult to know what’s going on down the road, let alone in the UK. Still, droplets of news dribble in. Apparently campaigning ...
Read More »Freedom Summer
by Adam Shapiro Originally published in The Nation The International Solidarity Movement’s second Freedom Summer has begun, and much has changed since our last: the war on Iraq, which focused all eyes on the region; the much-hyped road map; full-blown ...
Read More »Rachel’s emails
Compiled by The Guardian 23-year-old American ISM activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying a home owned by the Nasrallah family in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. What ...
Read More »Israeli’s Blast Near Peace Camp at Mas’Ha No Injuries
by Tom Wallace At approximately 1:00 PM today, April 27, 03, Israeli contractors, protected by Israeli army, police and private security, blasted rock with 50 – 60 sticks of dynamite. The blast was 25 meters from the Peace Camp at ...
Read More »Report on Beit Fureek
By Adam Stumacher The town of Beit Fureek lies a mere seven kilometers from the West Bank city of Nablus, but under military curfew they might just as well be separated by an ocean. According to Atef Hanini, the town’s ...
Read More »Leaving Balata
by Amanda D. I’m on the plane home. Much as I want to see people I’m not sure how to talk to them. Much as I wanted to go home and do laundry and take a bath I’m figuring out ...
Read More »Compassionate Listening Project – in Israel and Palestine
Meeting with Adam and Huwaida of the International Solidarity Movement Interview by Linda Wolf Linda: You too just got married, yes? What a time and place to be newly weds! But life really does go on. Adam, you’re Israeli and ...
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