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The Ongoing Nakba: Sheik Jarrah and two of my friends about to be evicted-part two

From my journal, interviews, letters, and other writing about internally expelled Palestinian refugees in the West Bank and Gaza (once I can enter Gaza), plus their ancestral homelands. These dispatches are based on my latest sojourns in Palestine-Israel from mid-May to mid-July 2019 and more recent writing. Currently, the Covid-19 pandemic prevents me from returning. […]

Gaza Resurrected

Now, I can hear the bombings, shelling and air strikes every where in Gaza. Where is the situation is going? —Dr. Mustafa El Hawi, Gaza City, August 19, 2014 Recently at a large gathering of New England Quakers, to a small group, a woman outlined her visionary response to the recurring violence in Gaza and […]

Water rights in Israel-Palestine: a dialog—part 2

Middle East Children’s Alliance Maia water project in Afaq Jadeeda Rafah sewage lagoon, 2006 A dialog between Susan Koppelman of LifeSource & Skip Schiel. We try to clarify the water rights issue in Palestine & Israel based on our many experiences there. Missing from this exchange are Israeli voices. I invite them to join us. […]

Water rights in Israel-Palestine: a dialog—part 1

The late Fadia Daibes Murad was a world-recognized Palestinian water expert, young, vibrant, articulate, with a recent PhD in hydrology. She published a tome about Palestine water rights and won an Edberg Award in 2005 for contribution to peace in the Middle East through her work on water rights law. She emphasized using water rights […]

Fadia Daibes Murad: In Memoriam

I believe we could go beyond your idea of mourning [individuals killed on all sides during the conflict]. You inspired me. What about opening a mourning house in Ramallah like we do for dead people (3 days mourning). The title will be “The Death of International Law in Palestine.” The idea would be that someone […]

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