• The smell of death

    by Bob of the New York Solidarity Delegation It is Friday. I am writing from inside the Deheisha refugee camp. My body is sore – less from the sun or the walking, or the lack of water but from holding this truth that I see and feel and hear. It smells here. If you were…

  • The Effect of Closure on the Village of Iraq Bureen

    by Ellen O’Grady Since July 26 I have been living in and witnessing the effects of the Israeli military closure on the village of Iraq Bureen and its 900 inhabitants. Iraq Bureen is located three miles outside of the city of Nablus on top of a terraced mountain 880 meters above sea level. Since the…

  • 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 Huwaida is Palestinian? Where did you meet and where are you two from? Adam: Yes,…

  • ZNet: The Example of the Crazies

    by Justin Podur & Neta Golan Originally published by ZNet An interview with Neta Golan Neta Golan has been described as “a legendary figure” and is one of very few Israelis who has been arrested, beaten, and harassed repeatedly for working against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. She lives in the West Bank where she…

  • Ballad of a Small Victory

    by Karl Dallas The Battle of Nablus tune: English traditional, “The Bold Princess Royal” On the last day of June in two thousand and two In the city of Nablus the pleasures were few The Israeli army had invaded the town And the people were terrorised by the tanks roaming round. We were ten internationals…