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Bethlehem, Palestine 12 April 2002
It is early in the morning, the third day of the occupation. Should I say: “Good morning” to the family? I take a walk of fifteen meters to peep through a gate. The tank at the university hill is still there. On the roof of a nearby doctor’s home Israeli sharpshooters have taken up position. Read more about 'We have many tanks here. Do you have them, too?'
Ram, Palestine 12 April 2002
“Homes are being systematically demolished,” says Hassib. “Could you call some diplomats and ask them to intervene?” Another phone call, another horror story. Read more about Israeli bulldozers destroy Jenin refugee camp
Ram, Palestine 12 April 2002
Yesterday afternoon, we were in the office of Women Center for Legal Aid and Councelling. Maha, the director, was on the phone with a cousin from Jenin. Read more about We want to hear the truth behind the headlines
Victoria, Canada 11 April 2002
Well, I used to be disgusted, but now I try to be amused. It’s hard to say which has done more damage to my stomach lining this week: the reports and images of yet another Sharon-instigated massacre - adding to what a BBC interviewer today referred to as ‘General Sharon’s rather impressive tally of blood-letting’ - or my repeated run-ins with the thought police, who come in all shapes and sizes and no know borders. Read more about An Intifada against intellectual terrorism
Ramallah, Palestine 11 April 2002
Day sixteen of the siege. The phone and this internet connection are my keys to the outside world. They are my grasp on sanity at this point. My body aches from lack of movement and my soul aches from so many images of carnage and destruction. Read more about 'If I believed in hell, this would be it'
Tel Aviv 11 April 2002
It has always been assumed here that any political decision can be enforced militarily, since the gap between Israel and its enemies seemed infinite. But gone now is the superior “human material” Israel was said to rely on. Read more about Jenin: The military fiasco
Rafah, Palestine 11 April 2002
I no longer believe there should be a Jewish State, and the millions of Palestinians who have long recognized Israel’s existence and hoped that some recompense for their 54 years of suffering might come from repeatedly kissing the asses of their white colonial masters here and in the US are rightly questioning why they’re still doing it. Read more about A requiem for the damned
Beit Hanina, Palestine 11 April 2002
It has now been confirmed that Israeli troops have committed a massacre in Jenin. The Israeli army admits several hundred people have been killed, but Palestinians fear the numbers are much higher. Read more about Urgent appeal to the world
Bethlehem, Palestine 11 April 2002
The nicest thing about the morning of April 3 was the discovery that electricity existed again. This meant working television. Television meant news. News meant information from outside the confines of the Bethlehem Star Hotel. Read more about The Invasion - Part III
Ram, Palestine 11 April 2002
There is a growing concensus that Israel’s actions suggest an intention to hide evidence of war crimes committed in Jenin refugee camp. Reports from eyewitnesses speak of horror. We’re not thinking of apartheid-South Africa now, but we fear atrocities of Slobodan Milosovic. Read more about How to cover up war crimes?