*Shaddi (red crescent)’s father: defying threats of invading Israeli tanks, he stayed in his home during the heavy shelling in his southern Gaza Strip region (Fukhari). Less than two months have passed since the end of Israel’s grisly war on Gaza. Not a house has been re-built (there is no cement; Israel continues to ban… Read More They Will Not Go Down: Celebrating Life and Land Day
*Mohammed, shot dead along with his mother by Israeli soldiers. Zeitoun, Eastern Gaza The “kill Arabs” hate grafitti reported in the Israeli daily Ha’aretzand numerous other news sources, and found throughout the Gaza Strip’s bombarded and militarily-occupied regions, is still scribbled on the walls of Mousa al Samouni (19) and the ten other members of… Read More the Samouni tragedies live on
Gaping holes in walls, rooms blackened and destroyed by fire from phosphorous shells, doors torn off of hinges, deeply-cracked walls requiring demolition and reconstruction, rocket-made skylights, shot-up blankets covering where walls were…a house standing on trembling legs…Families huddled into one not-quite-fully-protected room, sharing too few mattresses and blankets… These scenes replay throughout Gaza, each family… Read More blankets
*Arafa Hani Abd al Dayem, martyred, murdered, 4 January by Israeli arm -Eva Bartlett What we knew of so-called “Israel”’s war crimes during the zionists war on Gaza, what the medics, the victims, the doctors, the witnesses have testified is now gaining growing recognition. The calls for international inquiry are growing, as are the reasons.… Read More so-called “Israel”‘s war crimes coming to light
After finding the nylon warehouse, Nassim (a friend helping me out with translations and logistics), a worker, and I returned to Mohammad Kahawish’s house to lay plastic sheeting over his shabby roof. Kahawish really needs a house renovation, and the pressing problem of the many cracked walls and breaches between wall and ceiling needs to… Read More when plastic makes all the difference
*Darts released from a flechette bomb. Photo | Eva Bartlett -by Eva Bartlett “We were still young and in love. We had all of our dreams,” Muhammad Abu Jerrad said, holding a photo of his wife by the sea. Wafa Abu Jerrad was one of at least six civilians killed by three flechette bombs fired… Read More Ensuring maximum casualties in Gaza: Israeli army kills Palestinian medic with dart bomb, kills & injures relatives & friends at funeral next day
The Safi family moved the other day into a cramped 3 room apartment in Jabaliya camp. Their formerly spacious home in Beit Lahia will not be re-built in the near future, like the estimated 4,000 other homes destroyed by Israel’s war on Gaza. Finding a flat to rent was a challenging task as the need… Read More “new” home
Mohammad, wife (right) and daughter inside leaky bedroom with broken walls An elderly man saw me walking the other morning. “Bless you, bless you,” he said, holding out his palm as I gave him 20 shekels. What has rendered a man in his late years impoverished and begging, in a manner Palestinians are not accustomed… Read More Mohammad
*unpacked suitcase from failed attempt to cross the border to Egypt, to visit family. The closed borders affect Palestinians in so many ways. The most obvious and deadly affects are the barring entry of aid into Gaza, though it is apparently stockpiled on the Israeli and Egyptian sides, foods rotting and expiring, needed blankets and… Read More why S can’t see his children and wife
In Gaza 