Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Daily Ordeal of Getting to School in Hebron

copied from my Electronic Intifada article here   Palestinian children in Hebron are forced to pass through Israeli military checkpoints in order to get to school. (Osama Qawasmi/APA images) The Qurduba School in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron is once again a target … Continue reading

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West Bank Village Steps Up Protests Against Israel’s Thefts of Land

copied from my Electronic Intifada article here Palestinians in Kufr Qaddoum demand access to their farmland, October 2011. (Wagdi Eshtayah / APAimages ) For approximately five months, the residents of Kufr Qaddoum have united to demonstrate against the illegal Israeli settlement of Kedumim and the … Continue reading

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Words From The Man Who Stood Next to Mustafa Tamimi as He Was Shot

copied from my +972mag article here Ibrahim Bornat, artist and activist from Bil’in, was standing next to Mustafa Tamimi when Tamimi was shot in the head with a tear gas canister at close range by an Israeli soldier (Bornat can … Continue reading

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Football in Burin

copied from my MondoWeiss article here The Burin football team (All Photos: Ben Lorber) On the 7th of December, a windy Wednesday morning behind the boys’ school in the Palestinian village of Burin, 15 teenagers, dressed in red uniform, took … Continue reading

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Living under threat of demolition in the Jordan Valley

copied from my Alternative Information Center article here The threat of imminent demolition hangs over the Palestinian village of Al-Hadidiya in the Jordan Valley A tent of a resident of Al-Hadidiya, a Palestinian village in the West Bank. The Israeli … Continue reading

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