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Ram, Palestine 10 June 2002
Due to the hot weather I already couldn’t sleep. As I finally thought I would be dreaming, I heard sounds of Apache helicopters hovering above my appartment, followed by machine gunfire minutes later. ‘Ramallah, again,’ I thought. Read more about Ramallah: More of the same
Ram, Palestine 9 June 2002
It’s really hot today. The television talks about reform, whatever that may be, and another peace plan, whatever that may be. As I came down to the office to check some emails, I got a call from Khader. ‘Ramzi is arrested’, he says. Read more about 'Ramzi is arrested'
Ram, Palestine 7 June 2002
‘Did you hear the news yet?’ asks Awatef as I walked down to the office. I expected another Israeli invasion of yet another Palestinian town or refugee camp, another killing, home demolition, or another plan or arrangement brought forward by CIA directors. ‘It’s the flag again.’ Read more about The flag flies everywhere
East Jerusalem, Palestine 6 June 2002
Amjad, Mohmund, Asraf, Abeer, Ahmeed and Khaled left from the Tulkurim area yesterday to work in Ramallah. Normally, they walk for 10 minutes from the village to find a taxi off of the main road and go to Ramallah. This time the road was closed and they had to walk around the closures through the mountains. Read more about The Occupation
Ram, Palestine 6 June 2002
Just before the invasion of the city, my cousin Ghadir, who lectures at Al-Quds University, left Ramallah and arrived in Nablus. She was supposed to return to Ramallah yesterday, but both Nablus and Ramallah are again invaded. Read more about Nablus: 'Let them shoot me, I am not afraid'
Wisconsin, United States 6 June 2002
The last thing I saw when I left the Jenin refugee camp this past April was a large black flag placed triumphantly atop a heap of ruins at the camp’s entrance. It was the flag of Islamic Jihad. If there was any sign that Sharon’s military blitz into Jenin had been an utter failure, this was it. Read more about Occupation and Suicide: Meggido & the Legacy of Jenin
Beit Hanina, Palestine 6 June 2002
After its invasion of the town of Jenin yesterday afternoon, the Israeli army has invaded Ramallah at 2:15 am this morning. Israeli tanks have entered and surrounded the headquarters of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat and are bombarding the headquarters with tank shells and heavy artillery. Read more about Israeli army invades Ramallah - two Palestinians killed
Amman, Jordan 5 June 2002
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Read more about Unhappy Anniversary
St. Paul, Minnesota 5 June 2002
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, using massacres and other forms of terrorism against civilians, and rumors of more to come, Zionist militias drove 800,000 Palestinians out of 415 Palestinian villages, creating a refugee crisis unresolved to this day. Read more about 55 -- not 35 -- years of occupation
Ram, Palestine 4 June 2002
Do you remember when you went to Nablus passing the Israeli colony of Beit El? Do you remember the fence that goes along the colony but makes a sharp U-turn around this Palestinian home? Let me tell you the story of Abu Salam. Read more about The story of Abu Salam