By the Jerusalem team,
Once upon a time, there was a house. Its outsides were red, the colour of bricks, and its inside walls were blue and white like the sky.
25.10.16, Beit Hanina, blue bricks of the wall of the house, Photo EAPPI/Agustina G.
By the South Hebron Hills team.
Jibrin sits with quiet dignity and explains the effects of the occupation: ‘Life has become as small as a ring’, he says.
Qawawis Jibrin Moussa Haram at home in Qawawis. EAPPI V. Steen 26.09.16
Jibrin was born in Qawawis, a community of shepherds in the South Hebron Hills. His family had fields of wheat and barley, sheep and olive trees. Then, in the mid-1980s, the Susya settlement, illegal under international law, was established by the Israeli government on Palestinian land just across the road. Things started to change. The settlers let their animals into the Palestinian fields and damaged the crops. They threw stones at the shepherds. Jibrin’s family moved nearer to the village for protection.
By Line and the Tulkarm-Qalqiliya team.
Suhad of PMRS showing EA the seam zone on a map. EAPPI/L. Jensen
An ambulance is driving down an empty street in Qalqiliya, in the northwest of Palestine. It’s still early and the city has not yet begun to buzz with street vendors and people on their way to work. The ambulance has big round logos on the side that say PMRS – Palestinian Medical Relief Society. PMRS is an NGO that offers medical services for the most vulnerable people in Palestinian society including those living in the seam zone. Inside are the doctor, two public health nurses and a lab technician, all having fun and laughing. The gynaecologist is not at work today – so there is room for me and my fellow EA to accompany the team. We are very excited and a little anxious, truth be told, because we are going into the seam zone. Continue reading
