What does it mean to ” watch? ” In Bethlehem, this first week of Advent,faces watch from doorways, at corners, as those under curfew risk thestreets to visit sick relatives or find the half-opened grocery door.Soldiers watch from tanks, at checkpoints for the unwary traveler, or invadehouses in the dark hours before dawn when no … Read more
In order to win, Amram Mitzna needs three miracles. He needs a miracle in order to defeat the Likud, which is expected by all the public opinionpolls to win by an astonishing 2:1. He needs a miracle in order to defeat the functionaries of his own party, who want to compel himto join a Sharon-led … Read more
What does it mean to ” watch? ” In Bethlehem, this first week of Advent,faces watch from doorways, at corners, as those under curfew risk thestreets to visit sick relatives or find the half-opened grocery door.Soldiers watch from tanks, at checkpoints for the unwary traveler, or invadehouses in the dark hours before dawn when no … Read more
I loathe Binyamin Netanyahu, and therefore I hoped that he would be elected leader of theLikud. I am sorry that Sharon won the primary election instead. How’s that? After all, Netanyahu presented himself as a man of the extreme right and demandedto “expel” (the code-word for “kill”) Yasser Arafat. He is ready to fight to … Read more
To many Americans the Israeli/Palestinian issue is a complex and unsolvableone, plagued with propaganda from both sides and shrouded in the interestsof global politics. But the everyday reality of many Palestinians is onethat rarely has a contributory voice towards American opinion of the issue. Yesterday, my first day in Palestine, I met Lutfiya el-Sharif, her … Read more
To many Americans the Israeli/Palestinian issue is a complex and unsolvableone, plagued with propaganda from both sides and shrouded in the interestsof global politics. But the everyday reality of many Palestinians is onethat rarely has a contributory voice towards American opinion of the issue. Yesterday, my first day in Palestine, I met Lutfiya el-Sharif, her … Read more
Two families made homeless with further Israeli house demolition. A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Israeli forces shot dead a 24-year-old Palestinian, Jihad Muhammad MusallamAn-Natour in Askar refugee camp in Nablus early this morning. Jihad waswalking through the camp waking the inhabitants so they could eat before thedaily fast of the holy month of Ramadan began. According … Read more
Two families made homeless with further Israeli house demolition. A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Israeli forces shot dead a 24-year-old Palestinian, Jihad Muhammad MusallamAn-Natour in Askar refugee camp in Nablus early this morning. Jihad waswalking through the camp waking the inhabitants so they could eat before thedaily fast of the holy month of Ramadan began. According … Read more
1) Palestine: It’s HELL by John Reese2) Reinvaded Bethlehem by Kristen Ess3) This morning in Aida Refugee Camp by Kristen Ess Palestine: It’s HELL John Reese As I sit here in my office there are guns and explosions going off aroundme. Bethlehem is being re-re-re-re-invaded and more houses are, onceagain, threatened to be blown up … Read more
1) Palestine: It’s HELL by John Reese2) Reinvaded Bethlehem by Kristen Ess3) This morning in Aida Refugee Camp by Kristen Ess Palestine: It’s HELL John Reese As I sit here in my office there are guns and explosions going off aroundme. Bethlehem is being re-re-re-re-invaded and more houses are, onceagain, threatened to be blown up … Read more