On approximately the first day of spring (in the northern hemisphere) and in my effort to keep us all current on life in Gaza under siege and ignored by much of the world, including many Palestinians in the West Bank, I’m posting a recent powerful message—or series of messages—compiled by the Palestinian Center for Human [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Gaza Narratives from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza
Posted in Palestine & Israel on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Personal accounts of devastation in Gaza
Posted in Palestine & Israel on March 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m posting two personal accounts of devastation in Gaza, written by Adham Kahlil (in his own words), a good friend of mine from the Gaza Strip, Jabalia refugee camp. I’ve worked with him periodically over the past two years thru the American Friends Service Committee’s youth program (he’s about 24), and slept overnight in his [...]
Israel’s New Holocaust
Posted in Love, Palestine & Israel, Photography, tagged gaza, holocaust, human rights, israel, occupation, palestine, siege, violence injustice, war crime on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve composed a message drawn from the writing and photos about recent violence in Gaza from and by two friends who live there, Ibrahem and Yousef, trapped like their 1.5 million neighbors. We’ve worked and played together periodically over the past 3 years. My composition is inspired by their reflections about Israel pummeling Gaza with [...]