RSS-ICAHD
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 2 by ICAHD Volunteer on August 5, 2009
On the second day of the building camp, work continued as usual, sandwiched by a nonviolence training by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and a presentation on the history of Beit Arabiya from Saleem and Jeff.Controversy erupted, . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 1 by E.D. on August 5, 2009
Anata, East Jerusalem, August 2The day I arrived here a right-wing extremist walked into Open House, a lesbian and gay center in Tel Aviv, and pulled out a gun, killing three and injuring 15.The next morning, at 5:00 a.m., Palestinian occup . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- Building Bridges by ICAHD on August 6, 2009
Volunteers rebuild houses demolished in JerusalemEvery year dozens of volunteers come to Anata, in east Jerusalem, to reconstruct houses destroyed by Israel. Jerusalem municipal councilman also partakes in rebuilding process, hopi . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 4 by E.D. on August 12, 2009
Anata, East Jerusalem, Yesterday I spoke with a Jerusalem Post reporter, and invited her to come and see the camp in Anata for herself. She couldnt, she told me, because were not allowed to go to the West Bank.And thats a shame, becaus . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 3 by E.C.R. & M.H. on August 12, 2009
Todays writers are working on the Jerusalem construction site, beside the Israeli separation barrier. Tuesday was a great day; we worked hard but still had fun by all singing together. Our group works well together, and we understand each other wel . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 6 & 7 by ICAHD Volunteer on August 13, 2009
The Occupation StinksIts Friday, August 7¬, and I am in an underground cave in the Bedouin community of Susia, in the South Hebron hills. Bego and Inez have begun to scrape away at the layers of encrusted goat dung with hoes. Ellen, Denise, . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 5 by ICAHD Volunteer on August 13, 2009
Up at 6am after quite a restless night (alarms going off, people talking in their sleep, snoring, fans rotating loudly all things to be expected in a room of 40 people...), coffee at cafe Salim (the little corner to the right of the house just insid . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 9 by ICAHD Volunteer on August 16, 2009
After the excitement of the South Hebron Hills, it was nice to return to Beit Arabiya and both of our worksites in Anata. We began the day with a lecture on the economy of the occupation from Shir, of the Alternative Information Center. We talked ex . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- ICAHD Building Camp 2009: Day 8 by ICAHD Volunteer on August 16, 2009
On our last morning in South Hebron Mountain, breakfast was interrupted by Israeli settlers advancing on shepherds outside of the Palestinian village of Susia. This happens here every couple of days, and the situation is usually diffused before a con . . .
jeudi 01 janvier 1970
NEW -- Expansion of Maaleh Hazeitim settlement publicized by Nir Hasson on August 23, 2009
A plan for the building of a new settlement, Ma'aleh David, in the middle of an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem was filed for approval by the relevant municipal committee at the Jerusalem Municipality. The plan calls for the construction of 104 ho . . .