Gaza

Resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine comes in many forms:every Friday, Israeli, Palestinian and international activists gatherin the village of Nil’in, near Ramallah, in the Palestinian West Bank,to protest peacefully at the construction of a new slab of Israel’sso-called ‘Barrier Wall’ that will slice through Nil’in and separatethe villagers from their land…

As she scanned my overgrown eyebrows, tweezers in hand, the beauticianberated me for my laziness…

The month of Ramadan began about ten days ago…

When two small fishing vessels sailed into Gaza Port on 23 August with their renegade crews of international solidarity activists, thousands of Gazans came to greet them…

Four months ago, on April 16, the Israeli military carried out two separate attacks against groups of civilians in Juhor al-dik, a village in the middle area of the Gaza Strip…

I got back to Gaza a couple of days ago…

I was starving after work today, so I went straight to the Al-DeiraHotel for a sandwich and a cold glass of melon juice…

As we plunge into summer, I expect many of you are thinking abouthaving holidays, either in your own country or abroad…

It’s 8.30pm, and I have just returned from lunch…

Ten days into the Tahdiya, or ‘Calm’ between Hamas and Israel,we haven’t seen anything change here inside Gaza…