Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
8.05.09 No place like home (Al Bustan)
Home is very much more than just the place we live. It is for most of us the place we feel safe, can be truly ourselves, where we feel we belong. Home is where we have our most treasured possessions be they of some monetary value...
23.04.09 Living within the 'Azzun 'Atma enclave
With a fence and settlement houses behind us, military gates on a barrier road to either side, we were now facing an unbelievable 50 metres in length and 10 metres in height concrete wall which seems to have been put there just...
23.04.09 The end of an olive grove at Ras at Tira
There are five villages near Qalqilya enclosed by the Barrier surrounding the Alfe Menashe settlement. The Israeli Military propose to re-route the Barrier and the re-routing badly affects two of the villages, Wadi as Rasha and...
22.04.09 Abu Dis: A town in limbo
Adu Dis is a small town south east of Jerusalem. It has a permanent community of 10,000 plus 13,000 students at the Al Quds university campus, many of whom reside there during term time or at least during the week. Adu Dis is...
22.04.09 Military detentions of Palestinians
On arrival in Jayyous we met with the mayor and in his message about Jayyous he told us 22 Jayyous male persons are in prison, some for long sentences. Only one was held on Administrative Detention, for 18 months and there was...
22.04.09 Only one side?
Some readers of these eyewitness reports may say, 'but you have only heard one side of the story!' Obviously there is some truth in this, but being located in Jerusalem has given us great opportunities unavailable to our...
22.04.09 The importance of visitors
An important part of our work in the Hebron placement is receiving visiting delegations and giving them tours of Hebron. The groups vary in size, nationality, age, background and knowledge of Palestine/Israel. There is, however,...
20.04.09 Handala, the Arabic conscience
Already in Norway I saw this small cartoon, Handala, appear occasionally in articles on the subject of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. During my three months stay in the Palestinian territory, I have seen Handala far and wide....
20.04.09 Susiya - a community in the south Hebron hills
Susiya for the Hebron EAPPI team is our rural camping experience. I have now visited Susiya in the south Hebron hills four times and each time the warmth of the community's welcome and hospitality moves me. I am also struck by...
20.04.09 Passover and Easter
Voices sing rather raggedly as worshippers struggle to thread their way through the crowds of the Old City and catch up with those ahead of them. Different voices in another language break in from a different direction. Muslim...
