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14.04.08 Sderot - a second visit

It was like any other street in a small suburban town. The sun was shining and the gardens along the way were filled with flowering shrubs and plants. But this was not just any Israeli town. It was Sderot, the town, which, since...

11.04.08 Report on Settler activities in Yanoun

The EAPPI team 26 were absent from Yanoun and staff from Project Hope (Nablus) were providing cover when, on Friday, April 11 - around 11:30 - three settlers arrived. All three were carrying guns. Rashid from the village council...

9.04.08 Economy of Occupation

Jayyous has three sweatshops that produce clothes for the Israeli market. The largest of the three was founded in 1987, by one of the more well off families in the village. This family also owns a second, slightly smaller...

4.04.08 Saida house demolition

Another house was demolished in Palestine today. Another family has lost their home and one more is added to the numbers killed in this conflict. We came to the village just over an hour after the Israeli Defence Force had...

3.04.08 Visiting a family in a demolished house in Jerusalem

In the morning of April 2, the Ecumenical Accompaniers in Jerusalem receive a message that a house demolition is underway in Anata. Two of the team-members have already gone; I change my plans for the day and begin to work out...

31.03.08 Vulnerable Communities have their houses demolished

The EAPPI-team of Hebron visited, with the help of the UNOCHA expert for the Hebron governorate Mr. Hamed Qawasmeh, four of the sites where house demolitions took place on Wednesday 19th March. The idea of the tour was also to...

27.03.08 Travelling in the West Bank

I have a couple of days off so I am going down to Jerusalem to get some rest. My journey starts at eight am and I am picked up in Yanoun by our friendly taxi driver Ghassan. Ghassan always gives us the latest news and updates on...

21.03.08 Palm Sunday Processions

The morning was warm and sunny and around 70 people had gathered in the shade below the church in Bethany, or Azariya as it is known in Arabic. The group was both Palestinian and international. Some were preparing banners while...

19.03.08 House evacuation in Hebron - Special Report

The Hebron EAPPI-team today witnessed the evacuation of Mohammed Knibi’s family from a part of a house that had been renovated for this family by the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) in the Suq-area of H2.

According to...

9.03.08 Reflecting on Life and Accompaniment in Hebron

Today is Saturday, Shabbat for Jews. It is a day when work is not allowed for Jews, and the settlers stay in Hebron. The school we serve as accompaniers has had the most settler attacks on Saturdays, especially at noon when the...