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Ram, Palestine 19 April 2002
Images from Nablus. Hospital workers prepare the bodies of killed Palestinians in Nablus. Thirty-five bodies were buried in Nablus yesterday, when the curfew was lifted for a few hours. Read more about Nablus, morality and bodies
Ramallah, Palestine 18 April 2002
I went out of my house today, for the first time in four days. The Israelis allowed us to buy food but we can only be on the streets for two hours. The city is destroyed. Cars on the side of the road crushed flat like pizza. Tanks rolled over them. Read more about Under Siege: 2-15 April 2002
East Jerusalem, Palestine 18 April 2002
Nestled in the rolling hills and mountains in the north are numerous small Arab villages scattered among the olive trees and agricultural fields. Spring red poppies and wild flowers are in full bloom tucked among various breeds of tall grasses. Read more about Cries of the heart
Beit Hanina, Palestine 18 April 2002
Curfews, arbitrary arrests, destruction, and unprovoked Israeli aggression all continue throughout Palestinian towns and cities across the West Bank. Read more about Continuing Israeli aggression
Beit Hanina, Palestine 18 April 2002
Nine Americans, and a French national have been detained at Ben Gurion airport. The activists who arrived here early this morning are currently still being detained in the airport — and have been informed they will be deported at 1am tomorrow morning. Read more about American and French nationals denied entry
Abu Dis 17 April 2002
It is a disturbing indication of my acclimation to the militarization of everyday life here that when a group of Apache helicopters began bearing down overhead in a closed village where no one is allowed to be on the streets, what first came to my mind were Lauri Anderson lyrics and second, whether there are batteries in my camera. Read more about Strange birds above Abu Dis
Oakland, California 17 April 2002
As a Palestinian-American I enjoy the rights of my country of citizenship. This makes it difficult for me to understand what it must be like to watch another nation’s tanks roll into your community and destroy everything in their path—your car, your neighbor’s house, electrical poles, gardens and community businesses. Read more about A letter from Oakland
Tel Aviv 17 April 2002
While hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are currently at risk for infectious diseases, still lack running water, electricity, or a working sewage system, and while the IDF is still denying relief workers access to some areas (mainly around Jenin), Israel is celebrating its Independence Day. Read more about Disturbing parallels and unbearable dissonances
Ram, Palestine 17 April 2002
‘There is a curfew,’ says somebody at the office. I look at him and continue my work. ‘Yes, they have imposed a curfew on a number of neighborhoods in East Jerusalem, including Issawiye and Beit Hanina,’ he says. Read more about How appropriate !
Jenin, Palestine 17 April 2002
He called to me from his doorway: ‘Please, come and look at my house. I want you to see what they have done to my home!’ Read more about Short story from Jenin refugee camp