Eye witnesses:
Ecumenical Accompanier's reports
6.08.08 Living under threat of eviction in Jerusalem
A few weeks ago (16 July), the Al Kurd family in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah received an order from the Israeli Supreme Court that they would be evicted from their house. The family believes that they are...
1.08.08 House demolition in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem
"This morning, our family woke up at screaming voices at 4:00 a.m., and we started looking around and wondering what was happening, but we could not see anything. So we went up to the roof of the house (our house is 3 stories),...
1.08.08 Settlers set house on fire in Burin
This morning, a house was set on fire in Burin. The house is the last one before the olive groves start climbing up the hill. People had seen settlers moving in the area prior to the fire which took place in the morning hours,...
23.07.08 EA Update June-July 2008
In the last month, EAs have participated in a range of different activities. This is a summary of their last weeks in their placements.
16.07.08 The power of the sun and the wind
"The people in Susiya have the right to electricity like everybody else," says Noam Dotan. "They haven't chosen to live a life without modern facilities - it's because of the occupation that they are denied electricity. These...
24.06.08 Al Ayun: Suffering from house demolitions and settler harrassment
The inhabitants of Al Ayun are 1948 refugees from the Jaffa area. The village of Al Ayun formerly had 40 houses of which only seven remain, the other 33 having been demolished by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The last house...
20.06.08 A Chance Encounter: Imprisonment without Charge or Trial
Earlier in the evening, we had discovered that there had been a military incursion into the village involving two vehicles and we wanted to gage for ourselves the mood of the villagers. So we set out for the South Agricultural...
18.06.08 Settler attack in Susiya
In the past few days, media in many countries have reported about the vicious settler attack on a group of Palestinians that took place in the South Hebron Hills on Sunday, the 8th of June. Video footage of masked settlers...
17.06.08 No permit, no house
The road alongside our guest house is used by many as a car park, so when the bright yellow arms of bulldozers peered at us over the wall, it did not seem significant, the experienced knew otherwise. Soon we were into action...
16.06.08 14 June 2008: Israeli troops invade Bethlehem
At about 1.30 pm, the mayor told us he had breaking news about an incident in Bethlehem; the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had entered the town. We got to Bethlehem at 6 pm and saw a bulldozer already on route 60. Upon entering Al...
