• On the West Bank, a Hint of Resistence Without Blood

    By James Bennet Originally published in the New York Times West Bank – The barrier Israel is building against West Bank Palestinians has had a striking, if unintended, effect: It has stirred a sustained, bloodless protest movement among Palestinians for the first time in more than three years of conflict. As the bulldozers have swept…

  • It Must Come Tumbling Down

    Land-grab wall or security fence, Israel’s new project is a barrier to Mideast peace By Ayed Morrar Originally published in the Globe & Mail From the West Bank’s olive groves to the hearing that continues in a Hague courtroom, Palestinians are struggling against the wall Israel is erecting. In my West Bank village of Budrus,…

  • The Peaceful Way Works Best

    By Gideon Levy http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/393347.html There’s a remote little village in the West Bank that decided to behave differently. A village whose residents decided not to lament and not to blow themselves up. They chose another way between violence and surrender. The residents of the village of Budrus, west of Ramallah and close to the Green…

  • The Village Against the Fence

    By Amira Hass http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/392934.html A serious-looking black dog, whose eyes looked almost hollow, freely crossed the naked strip of land west of the villages of Qibiya and Budrus, which stretches from the village of Rantis, about five kilometers to the north. A young resident of Qibiya guiding the visitors among the olive groves and fruit…

  • Guardian Obituary: Tom Hurndall

    An aspiring photojournalist and committed peace activist By Carl Arrindell Originally published in The Guardian In the spring of 2002, Tom Hurndall made a journey around Europe, which then took him on to Egypt and Jordan. He was young, a soon-to-be student, interested in philosophy – and most interested in the contrast between cultures. It…