Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
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The story of an Israeli refuser
"I think that the most dangerous thing about it is that we have gotten used to it. This is the status quo and many of us can't see things being any different." The words of Sahar Varadi (18), a young Israeli woman who has refused...
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A Night Visit to Um Kamel's Tent
On an open piece of waste ground just north of the Old City of Jerusalem in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah stands a 'defiant' tent, which refuses to be flattened however much the Jerusalem municipality tries to destroy it. It...
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Health impacts of the occupation: Children's Relief Bethlehem (CRB) and their patients
The occupation affects the people of the West Bank in a variety of ways. Checkpoints, house demolitions and the effects of the wall are all quite tangible manifestations of the occupation. However there are many other issues that...
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The shopkeeper's story
Mohammad is an accountant who can't make his books balance. Like many Palestinians he has led a chequered working life – frequently changing tack in an effort to keep his family fed and his head above water. I see thousands of...
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Routine Resistance
You meet people here in Palestine who ask: what's happened to the Palestinian resistance movement? In her book on nonviolent resistance to the occupation, Palestinian Quaker Jean Zaru argues that this is a movement that is, if...
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Settlements must go
"The United States does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements. This construction violates previous agreements and undermines efforts to achieve peace. It is time for these settlements to stop."
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A village remembered
The date of Abu Khader's birth is uncertain. When we first met him we were told by his grandchildren that he was 130 years old. His son Adnan believes that he may be nearly 100 years old. He is a fine-looking man who can manage...
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An intimate conversation with Samira of Yanoun village
I was determined after that first brief encounter to meet and talk with her and was able to do so late one afternoon about three weeks ago. We had, as is customary, sweet tea in glasses on the terrace outside the house. The...
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The Cordoba School: A symbol of hope
Perhaps the most important responsibility for me during my time as an EA (Ecumenical Accompanier) in the Hebron placement, has been my role in accompanying the pupils of the Cordoba* school to and from the school. I had...
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Addameer demands an end to administrative detention
A HUMAN rights organisation has launched a campaign to ban a notorious form of incarceration practised by Israel. And supporters are urged to "adopt a prisoner," providing moral support whilst lobbying for his or her release....
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