Thousands of protesters demanding an end to the occupation of Iraq and Palestine took to the streets Saturday in London, Athens, Paris and other cities around the world, chanting slogans against the United States and Britain. The following photo reportage of the protest in London was made by Azem Bishara. Read more about Photostory: London protests against occupation of Iraq and Palestine 

On 2 May 2002, Israeli forces withdrew from Arafat’s Compound after they had surrounded the area for more than a month during “Operation Defensive Shield”. On that same day, EI’s Arjan El Fassed and Annet Meeuws filmed the “Muqata”, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. They managed, like hundreds of others to enter the compound and walk around its premises. Read more about Ramallah: Arafat's Compound 

On 6 September 2002, EI’s Arjan El Fassed filmed the “Muqata”, the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. Arafat’s compound sustained more damage from Israeli bulldozers after a second round of destruction. The siege on Arafat’s headquarters had been severed the past few weeks. Read more about Ramallah: Arafat's Compound (2) 

On July 10, EI’s Arjan El Fassed visited Israel’s apartheid wall built on confiscated Palestinian land in Qalqilya. The mayor of Qalqilya, Marouf Zahran explains the impact of Israel’s apartheid on his town. The wall surrounds the town almost completely. The 8 meter high wall will be surrounded first by a trench of four meters wide and two meters deep, barbed wire and a military zone patrolled by Israeli occupying forces. Palestinian property within 35 meters of the wall has been or will be destroyed by the Israeli army. [3.45 mins, Quicktime file, 6.9MB] Read more about The mayor of Qalqilya explains the impact of Israel's apartheid wall 

Driving through Gaza, any visitor observes the enormous amount of shi’arat (lit. “signs, slogans, watchwords”) or graffiti. Messages cover almost every conceivable surface. Walls, telephone poles, monuments, and stones are fair canvases. On July 10, EI’s Arjan El Fassed visited Gaza and filmed the writings on the walls of Gaza. [1.04 mins, Quicktime file, 3.6MB] Read more about Writings on the walls in Gaza 

The footage shows the road from the edge of Khan Yunis to Al-Mawasi, a narrow strip of coastal land trapped between the sea and the Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Qatif. In the area between Khan Yunis and the settlement, Palestinian homes have been demolished and fired upon. Read more about Destruction in Khan Yunis 

On the road from Nablus to Qalqilya the roads are practically completely closed for Palestinian traffic. Two ambulances wait for this checkpoint along with other transport vehicles. Despite the hodna (“ceasefire”) announced by Palestinian groups, Israel did not ease restrictions of movement in and around the city of Nablus. Read more about Nablus-Qalqiliya road 

On Thursday 4 April, the Israeli forces bombarded the Al Khadra Mosque during the invasion of the West Bank town of Nablus. They were trying to enter the Old Town through the mosque and destroyed most of it. Al Khadra Mosque is one of the oldest building in Nablus, established in 1187 during the Mamluk era. Read more about Nablus: Ras al Ain 

During its April invasion of Nablus between 3 April and 21 April 2002, Israeli forces shelled a bakery in the old city of Nablus. Nablus was especially hard hit, especially in its old city, which contained many buildings of cultural, religious and historic significance. Much of the destruction appears to have occurred in the fighting as a result of the use by Israeli tanks, helicopter gunships and bulldozers. Read more about Nablus bakery 

In the early hours of 3 April 2002, Israeli forces invaded Jenin refugee camp. By the time the Israeli forces partly withdrew and the lifting of the curfew on 18 April, 52 Palestinians and 23 Israeli soldiers were killed. More than 150 homes were destroyed and more rendered homeless. On April 25, 2002, Charity Crouse visited Jenin refugee camp and witnessed the destruction. Read more about Destruction of Jenin refugee camp