Osama against the wall

On his Grandma's plot of land on the edge of Qalqilya, Osama faces "al jidar" (the wall).

July 18th 2006
Jemima: First, apologies, this is going to be a real rush job. Second, just to reassure, we are FINE! We're keeping a close eye on the news, obviously, and we are aware that we may have to do a runner at some point, but right now the west bnk is remarkably calm - a few demos against what Israel is doing in Lebanon and Gaza, but otherwise everyone is just getting on with things. R ... 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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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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