The Foreign Press Association in Israel today issued this request to the Israeli Army:
“Over the past months journalists covering [events in the West Bank] have been harassed, arrested and attacked by the various on site forces before these forces turn their attention to the activists or demonstrators.”
“We would appreciate it were the authorities to remind […]
Okay, so I love Tel Aviv. Not everyone loves it - some call it tacky, boring, or ugly. But I love the 1970s laid-back ambience, the beautiful beaches, the sweet sea breeze. Gorgeous, wavy Jewish hair and big sunglasses; people riding around shirtless on “cruiser” style bicycles; young people carrying ostentatious musical instruments, like cellos. […]
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Posted 13 July 2010
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Al-Bueire, 6 July 2010
Today we made a foot patrol of Al-Bueire, an area on the edge of Hebron where settler harassment is a serious problem. We simply walked, slowly, up and down the road that runs through the village. Now and then we approached a Palestinian on the road, and each time the approaching figure […]
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Posted 08 July 2010
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When I went to the An-Nabi Saleh protest on Friday, I was wearing an old anti-settlements cap that I found lying around the ISM apartment. It has some Arabic writing scrawled on the visor in pen; I hadn’t paid much attention to this, until a Palestinian friend looked at it and pointed out that it […]
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Posted 06 July 2010
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An-Nabi Saleh, 2 July 2010
Every Friday afternoon, the Israeli Army invades the Palestinian village of An-Nabi Saleh, initiating a passionate, inspiring and somewhat bizarre response from the villagers. What happens each week in An-Nabi Saleh is a powerful model for unarmed resistance to the Occupation.
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Posted 04 July 2010
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Al-Awja (Jordan Valley), 28 June 2010
Monday morning I went down to the Jordan Valley: a long narrow gash between Israel and Jordan, centering the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, lowest point on Earth.
It is smaller than I had realised (like the whole of Israel-Palestine, which is all smaller than I realised). You drive a […]
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Posted 02 July 2010
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There is a small Palestinian population living at a place called Bir Al-’Idd in the South Hebron Hills. This is the far south of the West Bank, a sparsely populated area that may be seen by the Israeli government as ripe for ethnic cleansing and annexation. I have not called Bir Al-’Idd a “town” or […]
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Posted 27 June 2010
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Myself and another ISM volunteer did an observation patrol in Hebron this morning. In the mornings we normally observe the Tel Remeida checkpoint for a few hours, documenting any abuses (apart from the general abuse of Palestinians having to pass through armed checkpoints on their daily business). Other checkpoints in Hebron are monitored by other […]
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Posted 27 June 2010
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There are large parts of Palestinian life that go on quite happily, more or less unaffected by the occupation. There seems to be a doubleness to peoples’ lives: they are mostly quite cheery when they speak with you, very kind and generous, and like people everywhere, Palestinians are preoccupied with eating good food, asking about […]
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Posted 23 June 2010
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One of the villages regularly visited by workers from the International Solidarity Movement is a place called Iraq Burin (no relation), in the northern West Bank, near Nablus. Every village here seems to have a story, and Iraq Burin’s is quite unhappy. In brief: a Settlement was built nearby, and the Settlers there are especially […]
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Posted 20 June 2010
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