• New House Occupations in Nablus

    Pictures from yesterday’s house occupations Today, the Israeli army has occupied three more buildings in Nablus that we are aware of. One of them is a brand new shopping mall which has not yet opened. The local youth are outside burning tyres in protest. This will have little effect on the soldiers who are at…

  • Some Palestinian reactions to the suicide bombing

    1. Some Palestinian reactions to the suicide bombing 2. The Party Line: ‘Palestinians attack, Israelis respond’ 3. Palestinians commemorate Prisoners Day, as all hell breaks loose 4. Update on Occupied Home in Nablus 5. Journalists, medical volunteers and bystanders targeted, Palestinian bystander shot in the neck by Israeli sniper 6. The Surreal Story of Qawawis…

  • Some Palestinian reactions to the suicide bombing

    From Sa’eed Yakin, the coordinator of the Popular Committee in the northwest Jerusalem area: “The first thing I would like to say is that we are categorically against the killing of civilians on both sides. The second thing is that this suicide bombing came as a result of the Israeli policy, especially that of the…

  • Karsten’s Journal: 5 days in Qawawis

    I arrived in the village Tuesday 11th of april. 12.4.06 In the morning I go with Hadj Mahmoud, who takes his sheeps for grazing on the hillside opposite the settlement of Susya. After some time we see a settler car on the road gong up to Susya and he is probably watching us. After 20…

  • The Surreal Story of Qawawis Continues

    Take a trip to Qawawis and you step back in time, yet remain in a surreal and frightening present. It’s an extraordinary place of stark beauty, situated at the extreme southern tip of the Occupied West Bank. Most of the people live in ancient limestone cave dwellings, variously enlarged and improved over the centuries. Yet…