• Experiences in Violence vs. Kindness

    by Megan Ok… here is what happened in Bethlehem. I went to Jerusalem, to the Damascus Gate, and took a cab to a side route into Bethlehem because the town was under curfew so no one could enter or leave. I hiked up a small rocky hill and to the other side where the cabs…

  • Thousands of Palestinians Regularly Rendered Homeless

    by Kristin Ess Last night 30 invading Israeli soldiers tore through a house on the edge of a Bethlehem refugee camp. Arriving in 12 heavily armoured jeeps with blue lights flashing at midnight, they took measurements of the house, home to several units of the same extended family, and the house next door. That house…

  • One Hundred Rounds of Warning Shots and a Very Long Walk

    by Carla Read Carla’s first journal from Mawasi here. The next day we did accompany Palestinians down the road that used to lead into Mawasi (that now stops at a checkpoint guarding the new settlements) carrying medical supplies. At least one hundred rounds of warning shots hit the ground around us as we slowly made…

  • Israeli soldiers opened fire on a small group of children in Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp

    by Kristin Ess Just over an hour ago Israeli soldiers opened fire on a small group of children in Bethlehem’s Aida Refugee Camp. The Israeli occupying army entered the camp, as they do most days and nights, in jeeps,with their tanks rumbling on the side roads. The Israeli soldiers were throwing tear gas into the…

  • Majd in Military Court

    Ed Mast Palestinians in the Occupied Territories are not allowed to visit their relatives in prison, so hearings in Israeli military court are the only opportunity for many families to see their sons, brothers and fathers. Linda and I were able to sit with Lutfiyeh and Mahmoud at such a hearing for their son Majd,…