Tag Archives: ceasefire

April 20: Kafka’s Border

Posted on May 2, 2009 by talestotell

This is an excerpt from a post I wrote in September 2008… The outdoor restaurant overlooking the sea has been nicknamed “Casablanca without the alcohol” by Dr Bill. Here, we internationals and Palestinians alike sit, looking out over the moonlit … Continue reading →

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April: Kids on wheels in Jabalia & other farewells

Posted on April 22, 2009 by talestotell

Here again are the children of our Jabalia friends, one of the many lovely families I spent last week saying goodbye to. The wheelchair belongs, not to any of the kids thank goodness, but to the father of the oldest … Continue reading →

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April 11: Disarming by direct action

Posted on April 12, 2009 by talestotell

Last night I was playing chess in the shisha cafe across from Al Quds Red Crescent, where I am sure to find a familiar face and where they seem to have got over me being a girl in amongst the … Continue reading →

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April 9: Art in the ruins

Posted on April 10, 2009 by talestotell

In my last post, I told you about the photo exhibition in the middle building (which I tend to call the Social Centre, possibly because someone told me it was called that) of the Al Quds Red Crescent hospital complex. … Continue reading →

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April 2: Down to the sea

Posted on April 5, 2009 by talestotell

On Thursday we joined Gaza fishermen in their demonstration against the increase in Israeli violence against fishermen and the ongoing theft of their boats. An Israeli gunboat appeared three miles out, but didn’t open fire at us on the beach, … Continue reading →

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March 31: The lentils did ok today

Posted on April 2, 2009 by talestotell

Today we accompanied farmers in the Latamat area on the outskirts of Khoza’a. The last time we were out farming in Khoza’a the shooting was the closest I’d experienced, and from the video footage it looked like the Israelis were … Continue reading →

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March 30: Land Day in Beit Hanoun

Posted on April 1, 2009 by talestotell

Today was Land Day, celebrated every year in Palestine, commemorating the Palestinian love of the land and also those people who have died for it. Our friend S from the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative invited us to join people in … Continue reading →

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March 29: Happy birthday K!

Posted on March 29, 2009 by talestotell

You might recall we visited K and her family once already, via the lovely Atfaluna School for the Deaf. J from 14 Friends of Palestine, who sponsor K, asked me to go back again for her birthday; I’d been meaning … Continue reading →

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March 26: Dancing in the Ruins

Posted on March 26, 2009 by talestotell

The building in the shelled Telal Howa Red Crescent complex (which includes Al Quds Hospital, burned with phosphorous) that was worst hit during the attacks was the Red Crescent Theatre, which I believe also had a music school in it. … Continue reading →

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March 19: Speaking truth to power

Posted on March 19, 2009 by talestotell

We were back at Faraheen this morning accompanying farmers again, eyeing the jeeps driving along the Israeli border while our farmers removed the irrigation pipes from one of the fields we have visited regularly. Since Mohammed was shot in the … Continue reading →

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