December 3, 2010
CPTnet Volume 36, Issue 3 A newsletter written by members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams This autumn, a local businessman alerted three CPTers to the presence of a group of soldiers outside the Ibrahimi School, located in the heart of the Old City. Upon arrival, the school principal informed CPT that a settler boy, around seven years old, […]
November 19, 2010
BY: MUNA NU’MAN In May 2003, the Israeli occupation forces imposed a curfew on my village. The curfew continued for several days, they didn’t allow us to go anywhere. There was a food shortage, people needed essential things like bread, vegetables and milk for the children. While this was happening, the schools where my sons […]
November 18, 2010
BY: ALI ABU TAYEH In one semester during my study at the university in the West Bank, I had three consecutive exams. Â On the first exam day as I was going to the university, I faced a very hard army checkpoint. It was very crowded and the people were waiting in very long line. Â People […]
September 29, 2010
When I hear the cadence of a drum squad, my heart skips a beat remembering my days in marching band at Dallastown High School. I loved marching through the parking lot to the football field to the beat of the school’s cadence. Today, while walking through downtown Nablus, I heard the enticing sound of drums […]
September 26, 2010
Today I sat in an auditorium full of Nablusi’s and Internationals, all watching the film To Shoot an Elephant, about the Israeli siege on Gaza. To my right, was my friend Ayyash, an activist who lives in Balata Camp. He translated some things for me and, having seen the movie a few times before, predicted […]
September 25, 2010
During the last three months, I taught a Spoken English class for adults who teach English to young people in Nablus and the surrounding villages. During the class, we had intense debates, told jokes and shared stories about our families and life experiences, from the loss of our parents and grandparents to personal stories about […]
September 20, 2010
This piece was written by one of my Advanced English students in Nablus. By MAHMOUD BSHARAT This is what happened in 2003, during the Israeli-Palestinian classes (the second intifada). My family and I were sleeping peacefully when we heard a very huge blast. Â All the neighbors woke up and started calling each other on the […]
September 18, 2010
Saed Abu-Hijleh was a prisoner at Al Fara’a prison in the West Bank near Nablus.  He was there four times as a young man.  Join him on a brief tour of the prison, which is now a camp for kids. For more information about Al Fara’a prison, check out Totem(s) Trope(s) by Michael Kennedy.
