Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
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Beatings and imprisonment of minors
On June 4th we visited the Zou'l family in Husan village. The following is testimony from Mahmound and Omar about their recent experiences of beatings and imprisonment by the IDF.
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A morning at Qalandiya
Just after 6 am she arrived. Her hair neatly plaited and a radiant smile on her face. I had seen her many times previously at Qalandyia, the main checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem, and she clearly recognised me always...
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Fair trade encourages Palestinian farmers to remain on their land
PALESTINIAN farmers are using their creativity to prevent yet more of their land being taken away for illegal settlements – and they are hoping that their supporters in the UK, Devon fairtraders, will support them in their...
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Father Musallam has returned to Bir Zeit after 14 years in Gaza
For the 14 years prior to May 2009, Father Manuel Musallam served as the sole Catholic Priest for Gaza, where he had a congregation of some 250 people. However, Fr. Musallam was much more than a leader for Catholics of Gaza but...
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Who wants to live in Hebron?
To be able to enter the area Tel Rumeida we have to go through a checkpoint. After passing a couple of sandbags and a metal detector, two soldiers with M16s ask us in broken English what we are doing here, and that is really an...
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Burin burning
I think I had become somewhat relaxed about 'the situation,' living in this idyllic setting where we occasionally sight a local settler but where the focus is on bringing in the hay and, for the children, celebrating the end of...
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Pick and mix in the court room
Is it me or is it extraordinary that Israel is so obedient to the laws of long-gone empires? Every day her government flouts international law – Palestinians are imprisoned in Israel, their houses demolished, orchards ripped up...
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While we are watching - Report from Yanoun
I no longer hear the punctual sound of the rooster that woke me up at exactly 03.46 in the morning my first nights in Yanoun. I am getting adjusted to the sounds of the animals and the sounds of the village. The village is awake...
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The only Christian in the village
With her short brown hair, jeans, jumper and trainers Afaf Shattara looks like any modern European woman of a certain age. A single teacher and community leader, she certainly stands out from her peers who wear the Islamic scarf...
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Destroyed dwellings in Livjim
We came to Livjim on a fast road which runs past two well-established settlements on the edge of the Jordan valley: Gittit and Maale Efrayim. We had to pass through one checkpoint along a practically deserted road where the two...
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