Qarrara, Gaza Strip At 30 mph, cars seem as if they are speeding on the dusty road of Qarrara, avillage just south of Abu Ali checkpoint and a few minutes north of KhanYounis, in the middle of the Gaza Strip. The checkpoint is open now. F-16sare rumbling overhead on their way to terrorize Rafah. Israeli … Read more
In Bethlehem the air in the streets is hesitatingly chaotic. It cannotrecover from the 2 month long invasion of the Bethlehem area while under aconstant Israeli military occupation. Most residents are not allowed toleave, surrounded by Israeli checkpoints, illegal settlements, and settlerby-pass roads chopping up and choking the area. Despite the internationalmedia reports that it … Read more
The assassination of a peace activist The jeep was roaming the city. Inside it, a bunch of model Israeli soldiers, they have all thequalifications of the typical Israeli occupation army requests; ruthlessness,blood-thirst and sadism. The jeep approach Street 15 in the Rafidya area in Nablus, residential buildings and villaswere the theme of the area. Dr. … Read more
it has been so stressful again here in Ramallah, not only strict curfewand the sounds of bombing and shooting basically all night, but today,emergency has meant that many people, simple ordinary citizens, arein a serious need of assistance: two old people on their own right behind the Muqata’a ( the president’s compound) with all their … Read more
And other updates By Paul Larudee By Paul Larudee The young wife of Amer Nabulsi (not his real name) had a special way of coping with his death. Shedecorated their room with pictures of children and young couples, valentine hearts, teddybears, and other irrepressibly cute images. Some were happy, a few sad, and others in … Read more
And: Celebrating the Sabbath Friends, The first item below was written by Amer Abdelhadi, of Nablus, who has been writing daily forthe last few weeks about the state of the curfew in Nablus. We will try to put an archive of thesewritings on our website soon – www.palsolidarity.org The second item, ” Celebrating the Sabbath … Read more
The daily life of Kawther Salam, A Palestinian Journalist in Hebron photo gallery Kawther Salam Kawther Salam is a Palestinian Journalist living a living hell in Hebron.Israeli press refuses to publish her reports on the conduct of the IDF in Hebron.Gush Shalom will publish a daily report by Kawther Salam.You may contact Kawther Salam at … Read more
A PNGO Information Clearinghouse Update As the new school year began today, one million Palestinian studentswere expected to start school throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The more thantwo-month-long imposed curfew was lifted in most Palestinian cities to allow students toattend school, but in Jenin and the Israeli controlled part of Hebron the … Read more
Monday, August 26 The game of cat-and-mouse with the army intensifies… We’re not exactly sure what is going onhere, but the army has become much more aggressive towards the internationals in Nablus. A fewdays ago three internationals were arrested after trying to bring food to an occupied house.These are homes that the army rolls in … Read more
” …I arrive here having been forced, along with 8 fellowpeace activists from the United States, France and Ireland,out of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We werephysically assaulted and abducted by armed gunmenfrom Israel’s para-military Border Police in theheart of the West Bank. Our fate is that of anincreasing number of foreign doctors, reliefworkers, journalists, observers … Read more