Category Archives: Posts from Palestine 2011

Epilogue

Posted on December 19, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Today’s post ends our adventure in Palestine and so it is time to sum it up. What have we learned, what have we experienced? Has our opinion about the situation in the Middle East changed? Today we will allow ourselves … Continue reading →

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Palestinian people – women

Posted on December 14, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Although we visited a few Bedouin communities we almost have not seen women! They are not visible to us – shy and often don’t agree to be photographed. The extreme modesty in outfit and behavior is the best way to … Continue reading →

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School bus bought!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Michał – our Polish friend donated a bus for Bedouin children living in the Jordan Valley! Thanks to him children will get an opportunity to learn at schools and meet people other then from their small villages. It is a … Continue reading →

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Refugee camps and ethnic cleansing

Posted on December 8, 2011 by MJ and Pau

After 1948 war Palestinians from the lands conquered by Israel were left homeless and became refugees concentrated in a few refugee camps in Bethlehem, Jericho, Hebron but also abroad in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. At the beginning refugees received help … Continue reading →

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Double Occupation

Posted on December 7, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Although Israeli repressions is the main factor that makes life extremely difficult here, we were told that Palestinians feel like under “Double Occupation” – one of which is obviously an Israeli one and the other is internal – Palestianian. This … Continue reading →

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Repressions

Posted on December 6, 2011 by MJ and Pau

During our stay in Palestine we learn a lot about the local situation and Palestinian-Israeli relation. Surprising is how few of these facts we encountered before in the Polish media. Picture that one gets here is a rather depressing. Palestinians … Continue reading →

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Palestinian people – men

Posted on December 5, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Despite few Palestinian volunteers and taxi drivers we have met a few Bedouin men already who remaining still quite mysterious to us. Men are the ones who welcome us but most of them don’t speak English and don’t interact too … Continue reading →

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Segregation wall will someday fall…

Posted on December 4, 2011 by MJ and Pau

The most visible and significant sign of the Israeli occupation in the West Bank is the eastern segregation wall. 8m high (Berlin wall was 4m tall), made of concrete blocks, often additionally secured with barb wire and electric fence. Kilometers … Continue reading →

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Israeli settlers – colonization in the 21st century

Posted on December 3, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Although we saw settlements before in the Jordan Valley it was a visit to Hebron that illustrated to us a real face of this issue. In the Valley we never got into the settlement, whereas in Hebron we couldn’t avoid … Continue reading →

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Water policy – water problem

Posted on December 2, 2011 by MJ and Pau

Water is life. Especially on the desert and when you want to cultivate agricultural land. JordanValley is a unique place. The soil is very rich here and because it is situated below the sea level its water reservoirs are more … Continue reading →

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