East Jerusalem 7 January 2003
The double suicide bombing at the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv yesterday evening is dominating headlines internationally. The attack resulted in at least 23 deaths, and over 100 injured, many very seriously. Israel’s predictable response is to tighten the military occupation over Palestinians. Jaggi Singh reports. Read more about The Tel Aviv suicide bombing and illegal foreign workers
East Jerusalem 1 October 2002
In the past week, Qalqilya has been under 120 hours of curfew, leaving residents only 28 hours to shop, work and visit with families. The people of Qalqilya have faced hardship for many years, quietly obeying the continual occupation that comes in waves on the town. For what? Susan Brannon reports. Read more about Qalqilya and the wall
East Jerusalem, Palestine 6 July 2002
Watching the fireworks from afar off, I sat and remembered America. America is withdrawing a large amount of their funds to the international NGO humanitarian groups and causing a ripple effect within the donor communities. Read more about The Fourth of July
East Jerusalem, Palestine 25 June 2002
Israel’s reoccupation, the lack of movement and being locked up inside of your own home without the knowledge of knowing how long has become normal. This is the sad thing. Read more about A sense of normalcy
East Jerusalem, Palestine 11 June 2002
Israeli tanks are back in Ramallah, and the international media describes it as just another of the ‘almost daily incursions.’ The latest invasion of Jenin a few days ago was explained as a ‘routine patrol.’ Read more about Feeling Frustrated
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
East Jerusalem, Palestine 3 June 2002
Living in Jerusalem is a different world than living in Ramallah, Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus, Tulkarm or Gaza; in fact I can say living in Jerusalem is different than living in any other West Bank town or village. Read more about The right to exist
East Jerusalem, Palestine 8 May 2002
I just spoke with my sister over the telephone. Of course as everybody and always we talked about the situation here. Read more about Equal human beings
East Jerusalem, Palestine 24 April 2002
“The Israeli police evacuates Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah”, I wrote on the website yesterday. It is a long complicated story. Imaan, a colleague, is willing to explain it to me. Last week she visited the families when they were still living in their homes. Read more about What is justice?
East Jerusalem, Palestine 22 April 2002
Last night I brought Jenin to Israel. I tried to at least. I walked from East Jerusalem to West, seeking a drink after spending a night in the devastated northern West Bank town. Jenin was still on my boots. Read more about I brought Jenin to Israel