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Stories from the Palestinian olive harvest under occupation
Ahmad smiles, his eyes black, his wrinkles deep. He speaks his basic English as he lugs around plastic bags and water bottles: a breakfast that looks to me more like lunch. His olive grove is in front of a settlement; one of many Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law but have been colonizing…
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Vigil for Prisoners in Ramallah
by Birdie ________________________________________________________________ Today I went to a protest. This isn’t something I had necessarily expected to do on the West Bank. We’re told that the risk level at demonstrations is high; Ayşenur was murdered at one. And I had made a solemn promise to my very anxious friends and family back home that I…
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The voice of family members of detainees in Israeli jails
On Monday 25 November, about eighty women, mothers, sisters and wives, gathered in Nablus, in the West Bank, to demonstrate in solidarity with the nearly 100 women detained in Israeli jails, along with around 12,000 men, to demand their release and an end to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Their family members have been in…
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Settler Harassment During “Shabbat Chayei Sarah” in Al-Khalil
November 21/ 22 – Al-Khalil Music, songs, dancing, prayers and alcohol. This could chracterize a common religious festival anywhere – were it not being used as an excuse for Israeli settlers to attack and raid the Palestinian community, which is already living under segregation since 1997, in the city known as al-Khalil for the Palestinians and…
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Jenin: The most destroyed city
Jenin, West Bank | November 21, 2024 | By Diana Kwaelid When will Israel stop destroying cities and camps in the northern West Bank? The Jenin area has turned from an active city full of life and economy, into a destroyed zone where you can see wreckage in the town, and especially in the camp,…
