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Archive for May 2009

This is My Home

In Palestine with no comments

In the Bedouin village of Qawawis, Israelis from the overlooking settlement of Mitzpayayil forcibly entered into the dwellings of the villagers. They danced, sung, told stories, and played soccer while the Palestinians watched from the sidelines.
Later that evening, they returned to their settlement and had a Shabbat dinner.

The Charcoal Makers

In Palestine with no comments

Charcoal, called faham in Arabic, is manufactured by hand in Arraba, near Jenin in the north of the West Bank. Workers live in shacks next to the charcoal piles. They stack chopped wood, cover it, and leave it to burn for ten days. The charcoal is then harvested and sold.

Fathee removed his false teeth as [...]

Physicians for Human Rights

In Palestine with no comments

Physicians for Human Rights(Israel) is an NGO that provides medical services such as mobile clinics in the West Bank. Israeli physicians spend a weekend day providing free medical care at a primary school.
In 2003, PHR(I) conducted 46 clinics, in which 350 physicians and 260 other volunteers examined and treated 16,000 patients. [PHR website on new [...]

Going to School

In Palestine with no comments

At Al Tiwani in the South Hebron hills in the West Bank, Palestinian children from the small, neighbouring village of Tuba needed to be escorted to school by Israeli soldiers, and—when they failed to show up—by international peace activists such as the Christian Peacemaker Teams. When forced to detour, the children had to walk up [...]