Tag: Nablus

  • Tales of the prophets: harvesting in the shadow of the settlements

    by ISM Nablus, Monday 30th October Itamar settlement and settler road on the land of Rujeeb village “He turned his walking-stick into a giant snake that swallowed up all the others’ tiny snakes. And so the Pharoah knew that Moses was a prophet and not just a simple magician.” Rada, 29 years old, is telling…

  • The Independent: “Music therapy: The pied piper of Balata”

    by Donald Macintyre, 30th October The Palestinian children of the West Bank grow up amid the sounds of guns and bombs. But a project inspired by Professor Nigel Osborne is determined to help them listen to a different tune. Donald Macintyre reports The Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University, and one of Britain’s foremost…

  • Two Brothers Arrested in Balata Refugee Camp

    by ISM Nablus, Monday 30th October Photo credit: Ma’an News Agency About five o’clock this morning, Israeli Special Forces invaded Balata refugee camp east of Nablus. It was an unusually quiet military incursion and a large number of Balata inhabitants did not even notice the Israeli army presence until a few children started throwing stones…