“Scars on the land.”
The environmental catastrophes of Zionist colonialism. Israeli tanks rolled on Sunday into jenin, the northernmost West Bank governorate, marking an escalation in the Zionist regime’s war of annexation against the West Bank. Mainstream media would have you believe this was…
“The I.O.F. ‘weaponizes’ UNRWA.”
Another day in al–Arroub. This report first appeared in West Bank Alerts. 21 FEBRUARY—On Tuesday of last week, 11 February, a text arrived at 5:53 a.m. (American Central Time), along with a video showing an I.O.F. raid in progress in the…
“The banality of violence.”
Daily life in a refugee camp. This piece appears simultaneously in West Bank Alerts. Please visit the original article to view the videos. Israel’s attacks on West Bank refugee camps intensified in the immediate aftermath of the Gaza ceasefire. As reported last Thursday…
“Barbarians and their accomplices.”
Israel and Western media. The year just past, and we had all better face this, will be remembered as the year the Zionist regime in Israel dragged the Western post-democracies into a state of barbarism we, the inheritors of “the…
“The crisis of our time.”
On my return from Palestine. I recently returned from the West Bank, where I spent six weeks traveling in the governorates of Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Hebron. It was my second trip there this year—the first was in April and May….
“Kindergarten playground update.”
Cheerful news from the West Bank. Good news arrived at 6:05 (Pacific Time Zone) yesterday morning in a WhatsApp text from R., whose full name I cannot use. It was followed a few minutes later by a text from Kathem,…
“Art Theft.”
Stealing the future of Palestine. RAMALLAH, 6 DECEMBER—I met Saed in Aida refugee camp in the first week in November when he gave me a tour of the crowded community in which he grew up. A young man still in…
A village under fire.
Israel escalates on the West Bank. Hebron, 26 NOVEMBER—The village of al–Mughayyir, 60 km north from here, was under continual occupation by the Israeli army for three days, beginning last Friday. The I.O.F. launched its raid at midnight, according to Amin…
Patrick Lawrence: “Israel does ‘the wet work.’”
The notion of a distant ally serving as “an unsinkable aircraft carrier” seems to be nearly as old as aircraft carriers. It means a usefully located landmass, typically but not always an island, that cannot be scuttled and can serve…
“Al–Mughayyir kindergarten.”
An update. I write to share with readers, especially those who have supported the al–Mughayyir kindergarten project, news of the current state of play. The situation in the West Bank is such that construction of the playground has been put…
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