Off the beaten track tours • Visit sites • Meet locals • Discuss Human Rights & Politics
– 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 […]
– 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. […]
–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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– By Sam Bahour and Fida Jiryis –First published in +972 – March 30, 1976 has been commemorated for over forty years as ‘Land Day’ by Palestinians around the world. while the day’s title may evoke images of environmental action or eco-friendly activities, it is a day of mourning and remembrance. On that bloody day, Israeli […]
– by Fred Schlomka – A new religious phenomenon has arisen in Israel during the past few years. The movement known as ‘Haredi Leumi’ or National Ultra-orthodox (חרדים לאומיים) is gaining adherents daily, and is developing into a major force in shaping the future of the country. The combination of religious zealotry, fundamentalism and radical […]
– Zena Tahhan – first published in Al Jazeera • Israeli forces killed 32 Palestinian children in the West Bank in 2016, the highest number in 10 years. •5th January, 2017 – Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2016 than any other year in the last […]
– By Ofer Aderet – originally published in Haaretz – 50 years ago, members of the Church of the Messiah settled in the Holy Land in order to hasten the Redemption. They failed. In September 1866, The Nellie Chapin set sail from Jonesport, Maine with 157 men, women and children aboard – members of the Church […]
– by Amos Gvirtz – Great anxiety. Israeli citizens are sitting in their homes, as demolition hovering over their heads. (Orders that may materialize each day). What will you? Where will they go? Where to live? No one is offering them alternative accommodation. They do not settlers who settled on land that is not theirs, […]
– by Sam Bahour – 29th October, 2016Originally published at ePalestine. If your Palestinian neighbors and friends seem slightly on edge today, please excuse them. October 29th brings back horrific memories to Palestinians everywhere, young and old. It was 60 years ago today that a scene of cold-blooded murder fell upon the hill-top Palestinian village […]
10th October • Colorado, USABoulder – Boulder Reservoir – Carter Lake42 miles (67.5km.) biked After ten days of family time and visiting with Grandson Logan, I am ready for a couple of days of R & R. The goal for this first US excursion on the bike is to seek out the real ‘Coloradan’, Who […]
