Darts released from a flechette bomb. -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 killed by three flechette bombs fired by Israeli tanks in the… Read More Ensuring maximum casualties in Gaza
Mohammed Abu Sharrar (22) was with 3 friends, walking to the eastern cemetery, east of Jabaliya, early on 27 November when he was hit by the shrapnel. Said Sharrar, “a UAV (drone) dropped a missile next to me. I was hurt the worst.”
Ryan Cristian of The Last American Vagabond had me on his show to discuss Syria & Palestine. “In this interview we go over the US-run al-Rukban internment camp in Syria and what these people have been forced to endure even as the MSM ignores their plight, as well as some of what Eva saw while… Read More Interview on Last American Vagabond: Rukban Camp (Syria) & Gaza
from: If Americans Knew **(update: the number of murdered Palestinians in Gaza is now at least 625) Contrary to U.S. media spin, the violence didn’t begin when the three Israelis were abducted and killed in June. From January to June of this year, Israeli forces abducted at least 2,330 Palestinians, and killed approximately 30 Palestinians,… Read More updates on Gaza and Syria
first published at Crescent International, Eva Bartlett [see Observations from Occupied Palestine, Part 1] Unusually heavy torrential rains last month inundated much of Gaza, which was already reeling from a tight Israeli-Egyptian siege since 2006. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected with more than 5,000 evacuated from their homes. Power outages of 20-22… Read More Observations from Occupied Palestine: Gaza
Dec 30 (IPS) By Eva Bartlett– For many survivors of the last Israeli war on Gaza, time has not healed their wounds, physical or emotional. Amal Samouni, 10, still suffers vision problems in her right eye. The shrapnel remaining in her head causes her constant pain and she is unable to concentrate at school.
In Ezbet Beit Hanoun, family and friends of those martyred on 4 and 5 January during the Israeli massacre of Gaza gathered to honour their martyrs, one year later. “The pain is still fresh, I still can’t get over my sons’ murders,” said Sabbah Abd el Dayem, mother of two sons, both in their twenties,… Read More remembering the martyred #1
*older man from Sheyjayee, east of Gaza City, one of many beating Abbas’ photo in frustration at PA treachery
By Eva Bartlett A good, brave, and very funny man was killed yesterday as he loaded the body of a civilian into an ambulance.Emergency medical workers, Arafa Hani Abd al Dayem, 35, and Alaa Ossama Sarhan, 21, had answered the call to retrieve Thaer Abed Hammad, 19, and his dead friend Ali, 19, who had… Read More Israeli army kills Palestinian medic with dart bomb
*(All photos taken from the Facebook page “Asma al Assad – Syria’s First Lady“) I had been sitting in a small entrance room for what seemed less than a minute when the door opened and Syria’s first lady, Her Excellency Asma al-Assad, greeted me with a warm smile, welcoming me inside a slightly larger sitting… Read More Impressions From An Informal Meeting With Asma al-Assad, Syria’s First Lady
