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Waiting for the sunrise in Susiya: messages from Masafer Yatta
This is a story based on texts exchanged over recent days with an international activist part of a group staying in Masafer Yatta, in occupied Palestine. They arrived recently in Susiya and they are staying in a homestead which is some distance away from other families living in the area. About 40 families with 100 people in total live in Susiya spread out over an area of 3km2 (3000 dunum). I asked her what was going…
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Eradicating people from Gaza
The onslaught on Gaza is non-stopping and gaining pace. In the last few days, the attacks from the air, ground and sea have claimed hundreds of lives. The majority of dead and wounded are women and children. As of November 4, the number of those killed was 9,485 of which 3,900 were children and so were 7,000 of more than 24,000 injured. It is not hard to imagine that this is just the tip of…
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One day in Masafer Yatta
2 November 2023 | Masafer Yatta| International Solidarity Movement The testimony from a volunteer in Masafer Yatta, October 28. One day in the life of … … three villages in the South Hebron Hills ; Tuwani, Shi’b Al Batin and Khalet Al Dabaa. Villages that I’ve come to know over the past fortnight and where events on just one day last week (Wednesday) showed the brutality and lawlessness of the occupation. Next to Tuwani village,…



