A photo from the kindergarden

The boy pictured is holding rubber bullets fired from when the army raided the nursery school.

July 14th 2006
We're not in a warzone Elliot: Okay so I imagine anyone out there paying attention to the media must have the impression that all Hell is breaking loose. However, paradoxically the West Bank seems to be relatively calm just now. Anyway, we're not in Gaza, Lebanon or Northern Israel, so we're away from the hairy stuff. This is not to say we are not having "interesting times." ... read more

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Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more

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Elliot Bruce and Jemima Davies

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Salam aleekom/hello. This is our blog from Palestine. We're travelling from the UK in this the summer of 2006 to the West Bank for 5 weeks. We are travelling to hook up with the International Solidarity Movement (www.palsolidarity.org), which non-violently facilitates Palestinian resistance of the rigours of the Israeli Occupation. Part of the concept is that we will report back what we see of the occupation to "the world" our friends and family, the media... whoever'll listen to be frank (Kofi, Tony, George, Ehud)- so that's what the blog is for. Not to say that everything herein will ... full info

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