Diaries: Live from Palestine
Live from Palestine, EI's Diaries project, was launched during the violent March/April 2002 invasion of Palestinian towns by Israel, euphemistically described as "Operation Defensive Shield". Read the introductory article by EI's Arjan El Fassed which is reprinted with permission from the 2003 South End Press book Live from Palestine. Also see Life and Death in Palestine, an article by Stephanie Saldana that appeared in the Daily Star (Lebanon), which looks at the how Palestinians and internationals living in Palestine took reporting into their own hands during "Operation Defensive Shield". Quality submissions from people living in and visiting Palestine are welcomed.
A mother's grief
Rami Almeghari writing from occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 9 February 2010
Nejoud al-Ashqar is a 30-year-old mother from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Two of her sons, Bilal, 5, and Mohammad, 6, were killed during Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter. Al-Ashqar also lost her right arm in the assault. EI contributor Rami Almeghari writes from Gaza about the hardships endured by the al-Ashqar family since the Israeli invasion. [MORE]
Fighting for an education in Gaza
Jody McIntyre writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 1 February 2010
Ayman Talal Quader is a blogger from the Nuseirat refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip. On his blog titled "Voice From Gaza," Aywan chronicled eyewitness accounts of the war and the continuing siege of the territory as well as his own attempts to leave Gaza in order to further his education in Spain. Although classes start on 8 February, he has yet to receive approval from the Egyptian government to travel to Cairo for his flight to Spain. The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre recently spoke with Ayman in Gaza. [MORE]
"Together we can end this occupation"
Jody McIntyre writing from Beit Hanoun, occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 29 January 2010
The Israeli military recently dropped hundreds of leaflets warning Palestinian residents from the village of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip not to travel within 300 meters of the border -- the distance of Israel's so-called "buffer zone." In response, local activists marched to and nonviolently demonstrated inside the "buffer zone" against the illegal action. The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre recently spoke with demonstration organizer Saber Zanin. [MORE]
"I was supposed to be born in a villa by the sea"
Marryam Haleem writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 26 January 2010
Atef Abu Saif took his grandmother's stories of Jaffa to heart. These memories and these stories are the only treasure and wealth of the refugee. They are the sole inheritance for the children of the dispossessed generation. Memories of what once was. Stories of what ought to have been. Marryam Haleem writes. [MORE]
My family's ongoing Nakba story
Mohammad Alsaafin writing from Doha, Qatar, Live from Palestine, 26 January 2010
One of the most traumatic effects wrought upon Palestinian society by the 1948 Nakba, or the dispossession of historic Palestine, is the physical separation it forced upon Palestinians, between those in the diaspora and the refugees, between those living in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 and those who became citizens of Israel. Yet this process is ongoing to this very day, and targets even individual families. Mohammad Alsaafin details how Israel is preventing his family from seeing each other through its restrictive ID system. [MORE]
"Humanity cannot be divided": Gaza shows solidarity with Haiti
Rami Almeghari writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 20 January 2010
"We have been living a man-made disaster actually for the past 62 years," said Palestinian parliamentarian Jamal al-Khudari, a chairman of the Gaza-based Committee to Break the Siege. "We would like to send out a message of solidarity to the people of Haiti, who are now facing a natural disaster." Rami Almeghari reports from the occupied Gaza Strip. [MORE]
Fighting our way to Gaza
Jody McIntyre writing from al-Arish, Egypt, Live from Palestine, 18 January 2010
I should have known that my trip to al-Arish was not going to be straightforward. The last time I set foot in the usually sleepy Sinai tourist town, just 40 kilometers away from the Egypt-Gaza border (or, should I say, iron wall of oppression) at Rafah was back in March 2009, when I met up with the first Viva Palestina convoy. Ten months later, another convoy was on its way to the besieged Strip. Jody McIntyre writes from al-Arish, Egypt. [MORE]
"This is life:" remembering earlier massacres in Gaza
Eva Bartlett writing from occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 14 January 2010
"This is the first time I've returned here since my friends were killed," Ahmad Hammad says. He stands at the edge of a vacant plot and gestures to its far end which lies over 1 km from the border separating Israel and the Gaza Strip. Hammad, 24, recalls the day two years ago when three of his friends were torn apart by an Israeli-fired surface-to-surface missile. Eva Bartlett writes from the Gaza Strip. [MORE]
Nablus executions: Shoot first, ask questions later
Bridget Chappell writing from Nablus, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 11 January 2010
The brutal killing of three Palestinian men by Israeli military forces in Nablus last week on 26 December 2009 sparked grief and outrage across Palestine and brought the northern West Bank city to a standstill as thousands mourned the lethal attack. However, their voices are drowned out yet again by a well-played hand of Israel's propaganda machine and repeated by the mainstream media. Bridget Chappell writes from Nablus. [MORE]
Interview: Disabled activist continues struggle in Bilin
Jody McIntyre writing from Bilin, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 11 January 2010
The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre interviews disabled Palestinian grassroots activist Rani Bornat: "These are peaceful protests; if we don't fight for our land, then who can? If we don't fight for the truth, then who can? If we don't stand side by side and resist this occupation together, then who can? Peaceful demonstrations don't hurt or kill anybody; they are only there to serve the oppressed. We must tear down this wall, so that we can live with peace ... and freedom." [MORE]
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