ADNAN TBEILI of Nablus makes soap for Sindyanna of Galilee, which exports it worldwide. Since April this year he has not been able to get a permit to enter Israel. We at Sindyanna have tried to intervene through a lawyer.…
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Encounter at Hawara
1. Jalia Suleiman a-Shtayeh August 20, 2006 started out like any Sunday. For most people in the West Bank, Sunday is simply a work day, the first of the week. For Jalia Suleiman a-Shtayeh it is the hardest day. If…
Medical Closure
IN EARLY MAY, aid organizations warned that the Gaza Strip was on the verge of a humanitarian disaster. They claimed that the health and welfare system of the Palestinian Authority was collapsing. International aid funds had been frozen since the…
Watching IDF Checkpoints
“No one will be able to say, ‘I didn’t know.’” IMAGINE a cold concrete shed, sides open to the elements, divided into stalls by low walls, with metal turnstiles at either end. The cattle gather at one end, lowing and…
The Za’atar Express
From the hill that overlooks Qaffin we could see how much the area has changed in the last two years. The separation fence, flanked by a dirt road, has altered the topography, not to say the demography, beyond recognition. The…