Archive for March, 2006
Another Fallen Friend and Martyr
Sunday, March 12th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, International Actions, Hebron Region | EditThe death of Tom Fox and a true test of solidarity
By Joe Carr
I first met Tom Fox in Chicago at a Christian Peacemaker Teams’ training and we became good friends through our work together. He was a father with children about my age, and was like an uncle to me.
He was my team’s coordinator during my month in Iraq....
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Palestinians saddened at Fox’s killing
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings, Photos | Edit By ASSOCIATED PRESS
JAYYUS, West Bank

Palestinians throughout the West Bank expressed sorrow Saturday over the killing of American...
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We Mourn the Loss of Tom Fox
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 | Posted in Journals | Edit“Why are we here?”
Reflection written by Tom Fox in Iraq the day before the abduction
2 December 2005
As I survey the landscape here in Iraq, dehumanization seems to be the operative means of relating to each other. U.S. forces in their quest to hunt down and kill “terrorists” are, as a result...
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Kalandia and the Meaning of ‘Security’
Saturday, March 11th, 2006 | Posted in Journals, Ramallah Region | EditBil’in Continues to Defy Israeli Violence
Friday, March 10th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Bil'in Village, Photos | EditTwo protests against the Annexation Wall, Friday 10th of March
Friday, March 10th, 2006 | Posted in Press Releases | EditFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Both protests will begin at 12:00 from Bil’in and Beit Sira’s respective Mosques. Villagers of Bil’in who’s land is being annexed will hold its weekly demonstration. This week the people in the village are planning on bringing tomb stones to set up a mock mass grave in front of the wall.
International Womens Day (IWD) near Jerusalem
Thursday, March 9th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Photos | Edit
By Harrison
Palestine Pal
On Wednesday, March 8th, I experienced International Womens Day (IWD) near Jerusalem. 120 women gathered at Ar Ram checkpoint. We marched from Ar Ram checkpoint to Qalandiya...
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Ministry documents highlight West Bank land acquisition network
Thursday, March 9th, 2006 | Posted in Press clippings | EditBy Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
printed in Haaretz
Top secret documents from the Justice Ministry from the early 1990s confirm the existence of a vast network of ties between successive Likud and Labor governments and land dealers and settlers’ associations,...
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Hanna’s Mom In Palestine
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006 | Posted in Journals | EditImpressions
Genocide:
Some people use the word genocide to describe the situation in Palestine. This offends many Jews, and turns us off from listening to anything else the speaker says. We picture gas chambers, concentration camp workers, and huge piles of bodies. Some of us have learned that there were massacres of Palestinians...
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