Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
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The earth he inherited
On our return from one of our many walks through Yanoun, we are invited to sit down for a while. The last hill is a trial, so we gratefully accept. Soon we have a glass of shay meramiye, the wonderful tea with sugar and sage, in...
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Dancing with the Bedouins
For days we had been looking forward to this visit. Um Amar invited us to have a traditional Palestinian meal in her house. Um Amar is the Bedouin lady who always has a smile on her lips. She and her family live in Jayyous which...
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The Silwan-Al Bustan struggle continues
The pain and suffering inflicted on the community living in the Al Bustan area of Silwan must be one of the most shameful and cruel actions of the Jerusalem municipality which appears totally devoid of human compassion and in...
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Target practice in refugee camp near Tulkarem
In the week of school exams, one young boy was not able to complete his. Hassan Kusido, aged 15, was one of three teenagers at Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarem, who on Sunday morning 24 May was badly injured by Israeli soldiers...
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A memorable night in Susiya
Last Friday we spent our last and final night in Susiya in the South Hebron Hills. I think that for all of us Susiya has been a really valuable, mind opening and memorable experience during our stay in Hebron.
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Al-Arub refugee camp
One day the whole team went to Al-Arub Refugee camp which is situated outside Hebron on the way to Bethlehem. We realised that we had driven past it several times without actually knowing it was a refugee camp.
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The heat hums on hills - poem
The heat hums on hills
the colour of sand: rock not grain –
there is no shifting here.
High on the hill we climb
from the heart of the rock
water springs
enough for a goodly flock
and the families who tend them.
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Reflection on hope
"There is not much reason to be optimistic, but there is every reason to hope." We reflected on these words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu earlier in the week and having read those words I believe that hope is the underlying...
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Human rights defenders beaten & tortured by the IDF for their non-violent acts
Across the West Bank Palestinians are resisting in peaceful ways against the Israeli occupation and the ongoing building of the separation wall. In the Bethlehem area the path of the wall advances and continues to economically...
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Wet paint
A FRESHLY painted park bench in Netanya – the Israeli coastal resort twinned with Bournemouth. The notice says "wet paint" in Hebrew, English and Russian. The Israeli Palestinian girl – one of the 20 per cent of Israel's citizens...
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