Shirabe YamadaDheisheh refugee camp, Palestine8 August 2002
A day after Israel’s supreme court’s ruling permitting the government to demolish Palestinians’ houses without warning, the demolition men are already working extra time. Read more about The Tanks Come Rolling In
I am writing from gaza, where I have been for the last three days to coordinate a volunteer program with youth groups here. Compared to the West Bank, Gaza is not so popular for internationals to come and work. Read more about Hi from Gaza
Jennifer LoewensteinGaza City, Palestine13 August 2002
There is a bouquet of plastic purple flowers in the center of a cheap wooden table. It’s easier to stare at it than into the faces of either of the men speaking. The air is suffocatingly hot — no breeze passes through the half-open window. I’m thirsty but won’t drink the orange soda our host passes around in paper cups. Read more about Gaza: Blood for blood, a meditation on power
Abu Ismail is sitting on a sofa as he speaks. The tape recorder sits on a low table in front of him, absorbing his voice, and the noise of mopeds and people from the alley outside. He is in his mid-sixties, but looks perhaps a little older. Read more about Back to Shatila
This is my fifth day of curfew, a new experience for me having left here last October and not being subjected to this new form of occupation. Read more about Days go by...
Jennifer LoewensteinGaza City, Palestine22 July 2002
F-16 Warplanes zoom overhead daily. In Rafah they’ve been breaking the sound barrier. At night you can watch flares light up the sky. Read more about Gaza: Summer in the Strip
Isolation has become a fact of daily life for Palestinians. It is being applied in an arbitrary and wanton manner on a massive scale with no regard for legal norms and humanitarian standards. Read more about Nablus: 'Creating 3 million potential bombs'
Squint and you can see more. Concentrate on a patch of blue into liquid mauve sky and there are little dots floating, small kites floating in the wind, from the rooftops under curfew. Read more about And they are like constellations of stars
The current Israeli military incursion and complete re-occupation of the West Bank is about to enter its fifth week. Read more about This week in Palestine