Reading through the archives
Ram, Palestine 29 September 2002
History repeats itself or nothing changes. Arjan El Fassed reads an April 5, 1982 edition of Newsweek. Read more about Reading through the archives
Ram, Palestine 29 September 2002
History repeats itself or nothing changes. Arjan El Fassed reads an April 5, 1982 edition of Newsweek. Read more about Reading through the archives
Nablus, Palestine 28 September 2002
On the second anniversary of the Intifada and day 99 of the Israeli curfew on Nablus, Amer Abdelhadi wished the world would not only watch, and that they would monitor, detect, witness, study, examine and correct. “We are not asking for much are we? It is a just peace we are after”. Read more about Nablus: The Intifada, two years and still going
al-Bireh, Palestine 28 September 2002
As Israel jumps from one self-made crisis to the next, the State of Israel itself is in an alarming condition. Sam Bahour reports from under siege in Ramallah/Al-Bireh. Read more about Wake up and smell the occupation
Nablus, Palestine 25 September 2002
After what seemed like four days of near peace, most people being able to get from one place to the other with less chances of getting spotted, a large number army tanks, armored vehicles and army jeeps re-entered Nablus. The buildings, residential ones, are snatched again. Day 96 of the curfew. Read more about Nablus: Home snaching, back to square one
Ram, Palestine 23 September 2002
Will this be just another deal? Remember the previous Israeli siege of Arafat’s compound? Remember Bethlehem and the deportation? Remember the hostage taking of Ahmad Sa’adat by British and American agents in Jericho? What about the old city of Nablus and Jenin refugee camp? It seems that people have a short memory. Arjan El Fassed writes from Ram, occupied Palestine. Read more about Short memory, history repeats itself
Bethlehem, Palestine 12 September 2002
My taxidriver says it is better to stay under curfew than to circle around like ants in a closed bottle. Bethlehem is not anymore the place people used to love. Read more about Letter from Bethlehem
Nablus, Palestine 21 September 2002
This is the real conflict, not the movies. Palestinians are threatened, humiliated and oppressed everyday. The greedy neighbor that stole most of their land wants to take what’s left for them and drive them out. When Palestinian choices are limited, the phrase ‘over our dead bodies’ would be their natural promise. Read more about Nablus still under curfew, 'over my dead body'
Nablus, Palestine 20 September 2002
Two hundred children with their mothers walked peacefully from al-Shuhada mosque to the destroyed Fatimiya school in the old city of Nablus and held a sit-in. Their message: ‘Open our schools, we want to learn’. Read more about Nablus: 'Open our schools, we want to learn'
Nablus, Palestine 20 September 2002
I woke up this morning at 8 o’clock. Lots of cars in the street. This was unusual. I thought the curfew was lifted but I soon figured that people in Nablus were breaking the curfew and taking their kids to school. Read more about Nablus: We opened the schools
Nablus, Palestine 14 September 2002
‘I want to go to school and play with my friends. We cannot get our of our homes. We cannot buy books. We cannot play. The summer holiday is finished and we spent it all locked up in our homes under Israeli curfew’, writes 10-years old Nabih, who is a seventh grade student. Read more about Nablus: 'Get the soldiers out of my town, I want to live too'