Category Archives: Children

Children of Gaza

A moving, must-see video that first aired on Channel 4 (UK)’s Dispatches on 15 March. BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann follows the lives of three children for over a year. The children are amazing: well-spoken, reflective, resilient, understandably vengeful and fearful, … Continue reading

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Dr H. in the Holy Land VI: Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation

The hospital I am volunteering in gives me hope for this country, it is a symbol of a community working hard despite the daily hardships that they encounter in a land where the word “mam-noa” meaning “forbidden” is often said. … Continue reading

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Murdered for sport: Israel’s collective psychosis versus hasbara PR

Khaled Amayreh takes aim at the Israeli apartheid state’s collective psychosis in chilling but required reading, contrasting its PR campaign against the “evil other” with its own deplorable record on human rights and the killing of children. “Seeking to cope … Continue reading

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Occupied Bethlehem: How children are faring behind the Wall

Thanks to Richard Wiles for writing this heartrending Behind the Wall: ‘Medical Conditions caused by Political Decisions’. Wiles is a British photographer who regularly visits the occupied West Bank and has been writing regularly his Behind the Wall column (ICH; … Continue reading

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