Archive for the 'Palestine-Israel' Category

Heart of Darkness

Some pictures from my past few days with Josh (and his Christian Peacemaker Team buddies) in the South Hebron Hills. All the pictures you see are taken on the Palestinian side of the so-called ‘Green Line’.
Have a look at this UN map (2 Megs) to see the area (south of Hebron). The map also gives […]

Israel and Apartheid

Farmer Hasan Turkmen and his son Ahmad sit outside their demolished house just north of Jenin in the West Bank, September 2003. Israeli forces had arrived that very morning giving them ten minutes to clear out the house. There are no militants in the Turkmen family, their crime was to have built the house without […]

Unhappy Eid for Palestinians

Today should have been a happy day for Palestinians - both in Israel and the Occupied Territories - as they celebrate the end of Ramadan.
However, more Israeli carnage in Gaza has left at least seven Palestinians dead. Haaretz says that at least four of them were civilians. So who were the other three? Militants? Terrorists?
It […]