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The Price of Occupation Part Two

The Price of Occupation (part 1)                               – by Amos Gvirtz –  The Separation Wall in Jerusalem From the outset Zionist leaders were aware that the local population of Palestine would oppose the Zionist enterprise. They directed their efforts to gaining […]

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In Search of the Real America • Summer 2017 • Day 3

– by Fred Schlomka – The America I knew is collapsing – folding in on itself and apparently reinventing the very basis of its existence. The man in the White House is rocking the world. Regardless of what anyone says, Donald Trump’s stunning victory will forever reshape the political landscape in the USA. I resolve to […]

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In Search of the Real America • Summer 2017 • Day 2

– by Fred Schlomka – The America I knew is collapsing – folding in on itself and apparently reinventing the very basis of its existence. The man in the White House is rocking the world. Regardless of what anyone says, Donald Trump’s stunning victory will forever reshape the political landscape in the USA. I resolve to […]

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In Search of the Real America • Summer 2017 • Day 1

– by Fred Schlomka – The America I knew is collapsing – folding in on itself and apparently reinventing the very basis of its existence. The man in the White House is rocking the world. Regardless of what anyone says, Donald Trump’s stunning victory will forever reshape the political landscape in the USA. I resolve […]

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Scottish Harp Tour – 2017

 – by Fred Schlomka –  Eight harp players, a friend, a daughter of a harpist and two golfers trickle into the West Port Hotel in the Scottish country town of Linlithgow one day in early June.  Plus the group leader and world class harpist, Sunita Staneslow – and myself. The golfers deposit their collection of […]

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Ramadan in Ramallah: A Non-Muslim Fasts for Ramadan

Suhur (dawn) mea – by Katie – We wake up before dawn, when there is a red line on the horizon, to the sound of the birds, Imsak, the call to prayer preceding dawn, or more realistically, the alarm clock. It’s time for suhur, or the morning meal during Ramadan. With eyes barely open, I […]

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A Day in Hebron

 – by Tanner McCaskie –  Our class took a trip to the Holy Land to study the country, its people and the status of the ‘conflict’. One of the most important days of our expedition was our trip to Hebron. We left Jaffa at 7am and drove through Bethlehem, a city located in the central […]

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Jaffa to Gaza – A Short Cycling Odyssey – Day 1

– by Fred Schlomka – Day 1 • 18th May, 2017Tel Aviv – Zikkim Dunes (Israel) 2.30 am – I slip out of bed and prepare to depart from our urban homestead on the beach. My wife Sunita mumbles something about it being a crazy hour to depart, and goes back to sleep. I am ready […]

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Jaffa to Gaza – A Short Cycling Odyssey – Day 2

– by Fred Schlomka – DAY 2 • 19th May, 2017Zikkim Dunes – Gaza Border area – Sderot – Tel Aviv (Israel)About 2am, after fitfully dozing off and on for a few hours, I finally have had enough of the nearby beach party. The Mizrachi pop music is blasting away with no end in sight. […]

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The Walled Off Hotel – Bethlehem

  –by Mutasem –   Banksy has been involved in Palestine for more than 11 years now. He was one of the first artists to bring street art to the region. Banksy’s works of political and social commentary have been featured on different places including streets, walls, and bridges of cities throughout the world.   Banksy’s […]

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Aida Refugee Camp – Bethlehem

 – by Mutasem – Aida is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometers north of the historic centre of Bethlehem in with a population of approximately 5,498 refugees. Named after a famous coffeehouse (maqhah) located on the site in the early 1940s, Aida camp was established in 1950 by refugees from the Jerusalem and Hebron […]

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Israel Orders Demolition of Entire West Bank Bedouin Village

 – by Yotam Berger – first published in Haaretz –  In a rare occurrence, the IDF’s Civil Administration in the West Bank on Sunday distributed some 40 demolition orders in a Bedouin village in Area C, which is under full Israeli civil and military control. Demolition of a Bedouin home in El Araqib (Negev Desert)2010 file […]

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