Gaza City, Palestine 2 June 2002
The old fisherman was sitting across the small table, smoking and gazing at the blue sea with sad eyes. The sixty years old fisherman Eid Abu Hasira found himself confined helplessly, sitting and waiting at the cafeteria of Gaza Port, now for weeks at one stretch. Read more about A Gazan Fisherman's Tale
Ram, Palestine 30 May 2002
And it can be worse. This morning, the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Gretta Duisenberg yesterday received a letter in which she was threatened with death. Read more about More on the flag,...
Ram, Palestine 29 May 2002
As if there aren’t enough problems in this world. At least, there are some persons who bring light and voice to international silence and darkness. Read more about Something different: the flag
Ram, Palestine 29 May 2002
This morning, at the Qalandia checkpoint, a Palestinian child was shot in his head with a rubber-coated metal bullet. Read more about Qalandia: just aim...and fire
Ram, Palestine 26 May 2002
On Saturday I visited my aunt in Ramallah. The town seemed quiet. Even passing through Qalandia checkpoint seemed easier then before. ‘We thought that they were going to enter last night’, said my aunt suspecting another Israeli invasion of Ramallah and El-Bireh. Read more about Checkpoint 'hell'
Ram, Palestine 21 May 2002
Al Ram is a quiet town but in summer the dust noise makes it intolerable. Yes, do not open your mouth and look bewildered, Al Ram is the color of the colorless Palestinian rocks. Read more about 'Abandon all hope ye who enter here'
Jenin, Palestine 19 May 2002
The view framed in the windscreen of the taxi as we turned the corner and entered Jenin refugee camp is one of utter devastation: a massive concrete-grey pile of rubble. Read more about Letter from Jenin camp
Bethlehem, Palestine 17 May 2002
The Bethlehemites once again try to catch up with daily life. People shake hands with acquaintances whom they under different circumstances would barely greet. Read more about Letter from Bethlehem
Ramallah, Palestine 13 May 2002
I have not written for quite some time. I was busy protecting myself and my family the last few days before the Israeli army left the area around the presidential compound near our house. Read more about Between victory and defeat
Bethlehem, Palestine 10 May 2002
Since a week the recurrent hope that the siege of the Church of Nativity and the curfew would be lifted, is dashed each time, but on Friday a real end comes to the almost six-week long affair. Read more about Letter from Bethlehem