Nablus, Palestine 22 October 2002
Settlers have targeted farmers in Aqraba, Yanoun, Huwara, Kufr el Deek, and other Palestinian villages. Amer Abdelhadi reports on day 124 of the curfew in Nablus. Read more about Heading for olive season catastrophe
Nablus, Palestine 14 October 2002
Imagine losing a loved one suddenly and violently, and having to constrain yourself and not express any sadness or anger. It must be hard. Now imagine witnessing the murder of your own mother and finding yourself so contrained. You cannot do anything about it, you cannot find answers, and you have to save your own life. Amer Abdelhadi writes from Nablus about the plight of the family of Shaden Abu Hijleh. Read more about The funeral of Shaden Abu Hijleh
Ramallah 12 October 2002
At the end of the day, Haytham is just one of 5,000 Palestinians Israel has detained after rounding up more than 12,000 Palestinians over the last few months. Nevertheless, I refuse to just keep adding up numbers. We must stop and put faces and families to the names of those illegally detained and tortured. Read more about My friend is being tortured!
Zababdeh, Palestine 10 October 2002
It was a restless night for us, the hours perforated by bursts of gunfire, the heavy grinding of tanks, and Hebrew-accented Arabic barked from military loudspeakers. We had finally drifted off when the blast literally shook us out of bed. Marthame and Elizabeth Sanders write from Zababdeh. Read more about A typical Sunday morning in Jenin
Madison 9 October 2002
It�s déjà vu in the Gaza Strip: more incursions, more firing, more dead, more dazed children, more grieving relatives, more wreckage in the wasteland of the Strip….What are we turning the full-time inhabitants of this hell into? Jennifer Loewenstein reports. Read more about Khan Yunis: Before the Juggernaut
Nablus, Palestine 8 October 2002
Today marks 104 days of curfew; 104 days during which 200,000 people have been imprisoned in their homes—over 3 months, over 2020 consecutive hours inside (for the curfew has been lifted for about 70 hours total). Susan Barclay asks, “Why do I not find words for the realities that lie before my very eyes?” Read more about 104 days of curfew in Nablus
Jenin 8 October 2002
With the high number of Palestinian children killed and injured in the Intifada, Israel has invested considerable time in portraying this as a failure of Palestinian parents to keep their kids away from violence. In this report from Jenin, Annie Higgins notes a more obvious cause — the Israeli tanks and troops that patrol the kids’ routes to school. Read more about Jenin Today: They Shoot Children, Don't They?
Nablus, Palestine 8 October 2002
While the curfew was lifted, Ghadeer Shaka’a went with her sister to visit Wadi Tuffah. They couldn’t find Ahmad. He was shot the day before and is now in coma. Read more about Nablus: In Memoriam, Ahmad Khanfa
Nablus 3 October 2002
Last week, Israeli soldiers occupied an apartment building in Nablus. Some fifty residents were forcibly evicted and were forced to move to their neighbor’s apartments. Dr. Yacoub Alul, one of them, reports. Read more about Nablus: 'Our apartment building was occupied'
Gaza City 2 October 2002
The Palestinian people have begun to lose all hope and trust in the institutions and mechanisms of the international community. A society that has always valued large families, healthy children, and hospitality is now unable to provide even a minimal amount of milk for its babies. It is time for solidarity, not just sympathy, from the international community. Read more about Wanted: Solidarity, not Tears