Mazeera

The gathering before the march around Tulkarem in solidarity with Lebanon

July 27th 2006
O, What a perfect day... Or more or less. Once again it's Elliot here. By rights, it should be Jemima, but she's off at the women-only wedding do- a hen party in effect. I'm not bitter, though... We had a very good visit to the YMCA in Bethlehem, to see the kind of project Christian Aid supports in Palestine. I will let Jemima talk more about that though- we made the trip beca ... 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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