Ground Zero/Electronic Intifada

17 March 2002: Sick and tired
Just tell me the number of crimes at which I can lay my pen to rest and demand the world to end the impunity.


1 March 2002: Moving across checkpoints
When we reached Kalandia, four Israeli soldiers on each side of the checkpoint were facing in the direction of the entrance, blocking anyone who dared even to go near. We heard shots at the end of the checkpoint, the direction of Ramallah, as Israeli soldiers shot at Palestinian cars that were approaching the checkpoint to see whether they could get through.


11 February 2002: Leveling Gaza
Two little girls, Manar and Sabine are showing us around blocks O and J of Rafah refugee camp, the site of Israel's largest home demolition operation since the start of the uprising in September 2000. "What's your name?", I asked a little guy walking around the rubble of demolished homes in Rafah's refugee camp. "I am Mahmoud," he said. The boy, perhaps 10-years-old, looks disturbed.


18 December 2001: Interactive Holiday
It's the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the "feast of fast-breaking", marking the end of the holy month, during which Muslims fast and reflect on self-discipline and compassion. Although the sun shines, the blue sky does not speak of the difficult times Palestinians have to endure.


16 September 2001: Taking advantage of human tragedy
More than ever before, there is a free rein for Israel to "kill, destroy and expell", as some American columnists have propagated in two months ago in the Washington Post. There should be no doubt that Israel takes every advantage of the current situation. The eyes of the world are on New York and Washington and there is no single country that condemns Israel's gross human rights violations or restrains Israel's racist policies against the Palestinians.


16 August 2001: Fighting for equal rights and justice
An old woman with tears in her eyes told us the homes were being destroyed "because a colony appears opposite". On the demolition-day she was beaten by a female soldier and her 23-year old son was arrested. Israel is particularly keen on enforcing its demolitions of Palestinian homes that border settlements.