Tag Archives: illegal jewish settlements
Remember Beita …. Remember Awarta
Remember Beita? Beita; the beautiful, steadfast Palestinian village? Beita; the warm houses, the green fields and the olive trees? Beita; the villagers working their lands, the children playing in the streets? Beita; the smell of Taboun bread, the singing of … Continue reading
A Thousand Carnations for Palestinian Mothers
A Thousand Carnations for Palestinian Mothers Continue reading
The 10-month Settlement “freeze”: Yet another Israeli Charade
- First approve hundreds of building projects, then announce a “freeze” excluding the approved projects! Today, the Israeli government announced a 10-month settlement “freeze”. This freeze excludes occupied East Jerusalem, which Netanyahu referred to as “our sovereign capital”, and applies … Continue reading
New “Milking Cows” in the Service of Zion
Last weekend while on the way to Bavaria, the train passed a beautiful landscape with hills and meadows. And as the train made a stop at some small local station, I looked from the window and among other things I … Continue reading
In the Beginning Was the Word; that of a Palestinian
Since the Swedish journalist Donald Boström published his article on the Israeli organ theft crimes “Our Sons Plundered for their Organs”, many Palestinians and non-Palestinians have been writing on the topic, some confirming what Boström had written, some disgusted by … Continue reading
Palestinian Mothers: Homage to Steadfastness and Sacrifice
When the women came and told her to leave what she was doing and come and sit in front of the house with them, my grandmother knew what was to come. They sat outside and didn’t talk much. My uncle … Continue reading
The Picture-less Frame
As a child, I spend all school holidays in Dheisheh refugee camp. Neighbouring my grandparents’ house was a tiny UNRWA house: one of those tiny rooms built by the UNRWA for the Palestinians kicked out of their original homes and … Continue reading
The Tale of 3 Palestinian Villages
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Jerusalem: the heart, soul and home of Palestine
In 1929 Ben-Gurion said: “Jerusalem is not the same thing to the Arabs as it is to the Jews”. While he meant to say that Palestinians were not part of Jerusalem and are not attached to it as the Jews … Continue reading
They can’t take that away from me: “settlers” stealing Palestinian land from under our feet
Commemorating 60+ Years of the Systematic Murder of Palestinian Land. As I stood on the roof and watched Jerusalem stretch in front of me, with the sun reflecting on the golden Dome, I felt angry and felt how unfair the … Continue reading




