I know it may seem cold now, but summer will eventually be here and many of you are planning their vacations. Some will travel to traditional tourist locations, get a nice tan and a T-shirt they will be too embarrassed to wear at home, others will want more than to be tourists and will seekContinue reading “Why come to Palestine this Summer???”
Category Archives: Bethlehem
Santa Comes To Bethlehem for Nonviolent Protest
Even though he is very busy this time of year giving gifts to children all around the world; this Christmas season Santa Claus took some time of and came on an early visit to Palestine. He did not come with gifts but came to stand in solidarity and bring hope to Palestinians suffering from theContinue reading “Santa Comes To Bethlehem for Nonviolent Protest”
Christmas in Bethlehem; a time for Joy and Resilience
The colored strings of lights are now decorating its streets. As you drive past homes you now see Christmas trees proudly placed in front of windows so that all may see. Manger Street is full of traffic at night but no one is complaining for everyone is waiting their turn to receive candy from oneContinue reading “Christmas in Bethlehem; a time for Joy and Resilience”
“…then they fight you, then you win…”
August 17, 2007 As the nonviolent protests and demonstrations against the Apartheid wall continue to gain momentum and strength in the Palestinian community in general and in villages in particular we are seeing even greater violent response and threat by the Israeli army. This is not new, in villages like Bil’in, the army has forContinue reading ““…then they fight you, then you win…””
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Um Salamona and Walaja
August 10, 2007 This week marks the 62nd anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the southern villages of Bethlehem, the Committee to Resist the Wall declared this week’s protest a commemoration to this tragic incident in human history, demand the international community to open and expose the Israeli nuclear programContinue reading “Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Um Salamona and Walaja”
Israeli Soldiers “Execute” what they Learn in Military School
Today I joined thousands of Palestinians in the burial of a nineteen year old Palestinian boy who was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers; his name was (and is) Jihad Al-Sha’er. In order to not have his story become a number in the books of records, I decided to write it in this article. Jihad’sContinue reading “Israeli Soldiers “Execute” what they Learn in Military School”
Palestinian Nonviolent Protests Continue… Israeli Violent Reaction Increases
Like every Friday, we gathered early in the morning at Holy Land Trust and traveled with international and Palestinian volunteers to join the villagers, other internationals and Israeli nonviolent activists in the weekly nonviolent protest against the building of the Apartheid Wall. This week’s action coincided with the International Court of Justice ruling that declaredContinue reading “Palestinian Nonviolent Protests Continue… Israeli Violent Reaction Increases”
Palestine Summer Encounter: Updates from Bethlehem
June 21st, 2007 The first session of the 2007 Palestine Summer Encounter (PSE) has come to a close. Seven participants have packed their bags, said goodbye to their new friends and departed for home. Seven other participants will be staying to attend the second session. With ten more internationals soon to arrive, the second sessionContinue reading “Palestine Summer Encounter: Updates from Bethlehem”
The Danger in Planting Twenty Trees
Friday June 22, 2007 Twenty trees… that was all… the goal was to plant twenty olive trees on a small piece of property that was being illegally confiscated for the building of the Apartheid Wall; this is what the villagers in the South of Bethlehem wanted to do on this Friday. They were joined byContinue reading “The Danger in Planting Twenty Trees”
Israeli Army in Full Force to Stop Nonviolent Action aimed at Preventing a Sewage Dump from being created on Farm Land
Friday, May 25th, 2007 The morning started out with a football match in the southern villages of Bethlehem to protest the building of the Apartheid Wall. Once the game was done, we moved with our vehicles to the village of Artas to stand in support with the farmers of the village who are facing aContinue reading “Israeli Army in Full Force to Stop Nonviolent Action aimed at Preventing a Sewage Dump from being created on Farm Land”
Sami Awad 