3rd April, 2015 | Miguel Hernández | Khuza’a, Gaza, Occupied Palestine As soon as we arrived at the land where the farmers wanted to work, about 80 meters from the zionist fence which borders and cuts of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli occupation military jeep ...
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31st March | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine This is what conversations in Gaza consist of: I asked, “When they are shooting, what’s the best thing to do?” “Get down on the ground,” he answered, “and move away quick as you can.” It ...
Read More »In Gaza the farmers irrigate the land with their blood
18th March 2015 | Valeria Cortés | Khuza’a, Gaza, Occupied Palestine Tilling the land in Gaza is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. The Zionist Occupation Forces fire on the peasants and their families while they sow or harvest ...
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26th December | Ally Cohen – originally posted on Mondoweiss | Hebron, Occupied Palestine Hebron, Palestine, December 24th. As we made our way to ‘checkpoint watch’ we were discussing what it would be like that morning, would there be tear gas? Stun grenades? ...
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9th November | Rina Andolini | Khuza’a, Occupied Palestine The farmers are rarely talked about. They blend into the background of the lands beyond the destroyed buildings of the towns. The reality is though, they are facing a battle themselves. Many farmers ...
Read More »Final journal from Gaza
17th September | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine This is what seems to be the last thing I will write from Gaza. Not that there is nothing more to tell, there lies a new story under every stone, but ...
Read More »Army incursions into Madama
9th September 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus team | Madama, Occupied Palestine We arrived in Madama yesterday, 8th September; in the early afternoon after we were told that during the night Israeli army invaded this village, and the nearby villages of ...
Read More »The blockade remains
8th September | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine More than a week has passed since the ceasefire started and yet no significant easing of the blockade has been seen. Drones are still circulating over the rooftops, maybe carrying deadly ...
Read More »Fishing in Gaza
3rd September | Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine We sailed out from Gaza City’s harbor just before dusk with the 13-man crew, including two boys, and we had a theoretical possibility to reach six nautical miles for fishing. But that ...
Read More »Self-healing in Gaza
29th August 2014 | Sarah Algherbawi | Gaza, Occupied Palestine Sarah Algherbawi is a Palestinian citizen who was born in Saudi Arabia in 1991 and now lives in the Gaza Strip. She finished her BBA degree in Business Administration at the Islamic University of Gaza, ...
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