Most of the human rights issues covered by international media and NGOs concern the Palestinian population living in the West Bank and Gaza. Notwithstanding the fact that the Bedouin communities living inside Israel are being increasingly deprived of their resources, the discrimination they are facing usually receives less attention by the international community. A visitor […]
1st JulyThe Bedouin of the Jordan Valley continue to be the victims of an ethnic cleansing program by the Israeli government. Fifteen families have been expelled from their land this month since Israel has declared the land they legally lease, to be a ‘firing zone’. In the meanwhile the Israeli farming settlements in the valley […]
One of my highlights during April was hiking in the West Bank. A group of hikers was trekking the Nativity Trail from Nazareth to Bethlehem and I joined them for a day, beginning at the Huwara Checkpoint at Nablus to the hilltop village of Duma just a little North-east of Ramallah. It was about 20 […]
I had an interesting weekend helping Lonely Planet TV and National Geographic with an episode of their upcoming 13-part series of travel programs. They are producing each show with Lonely Planet Authors. For the Israel/Palestine episode, Amelia Thomas was the host. I met the video crew a little south of Be’er Sheva in the Negev […]
