Tag: Jerusalem
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Welcome to the settler party
by Jenna Bereld 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As I pass, my Palestinian scarf is hidden in my bag – I do not want to get any spit on me tonight. Around the tomb of Shimon HaTzadik, the festival is going on. The settlers have built a stage, erected a huge…
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Twilight zone / An organic bond
16 September 2011 | Haaretz This is a bad story with a happy ending. It’s also a story that makes one happy, but still leaves a bit of a bitter taste in one’s mouth. It’s the story of a Palestinian baby girl who was born during a period of unrelenting siege and curfew in her…
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In Pictures: Sheikh Jarrah
16 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The ultimate aim of the Zionist organizations is to convert Sheikh Jarrah into a new Jewish settlement and to create a Jewish continuum that will effectively cut off the Old City from the northern Palestinian neighborhoods. On 28 August 2008, Nahalat Shimon International filed a plan…
