Said Yaqin, Head of Popular Struggle Comittee Beit Iksa, Palestinian Settler
Category: west bank
Left to Right
Thursday March 7th, 2013 @ 05:49 PM
Israel, the Wall, West Bank and Gaza (left to right)
– Shot in Ramallah this week –
The palestinian Prince of Poets
Tuesday February 26th, 2013 @ 09:14 PM
While we in Germany cast 3rd-class-models in our TV shows, Arabs cast the “Prince of Poets”. Thats an awesome thing to do. In the video you see palestinian poet Tamim al-Barghouti turning himself 2007 into the rock star of his people with just one poem, recited in one tv show. Its title: “In Jerusalem”.
Sun Ray
Tuesday February 19th, 2013 @ 05:39 PM
The palestinia protest village of Bab Al-Karama, Beit Iksa, January 2013. Two men in the background are building the provisional mosque.
Meet Yassir Arafat, eh, Salem Smeirat
Friday February 15th, 2013 @ 03:19 PMThis is Salem Smeirat, he usually sells fruits and vegetables on the streets of Ramallah. But one day the Palestinian Minister of Traffic wanted to give him 10.000 Dollars. Because obviously, he has a certain talent. Continue reading “Meet Yassir Arafat, eh, Salem Smeirat”
Chicago
Thursday January 31st, 2013 @ 08:15 PM
One of the soldiers we encountered at the Olive Tour, caught my attention because he looked like a big boy with a gun. He was born in Chicago and described his job in the West Bank as follows: “I protect the settlers from the Palestinians and the Palestinians from the Settlers.”
Hat Tip: While I was busy taking pictures and keeping my distance Vanessa just started talking to the soldier – and shared his story afterwards. Danke!
A half hour in the West Bank – from Olive Oil to Cryptonite
Tuesday January 29th, 2013 @ 09:22 AM
I only wanted to now how the occupation makes the olive harvest harder for the Palestinian on a tour through the West Bank in October. But I learned another message: My camera is cryptonite for soldiers. Continue reading “A half hour in the West Bank – from Olive Oil to Cryptonite”
Eliaz Cohen – Poet, Settler, Leftist
Thursday January 24th, 2013 @ 11:01 AM
This is Eliaz Cohen, a remarkable man. A religious poet, a settler, a leftist. He was the reason I went to Kfar Etzion: I wrote a portrait of him for Zeit Online. My favorite poem of him:
SNOW
Snow on bleeding Jerusalem
as though bandaging her wounds
all rests in tranquility now
filling the cracks of yearning in the Wall
children in your streets, Jerusalem
the sons of Isaac and Ishmael
are staging white wars
(and their blows are soft)
even the pigeons are hurrying today
cooing because they have found new footprints
on the way leading up to the Gate of Mercy
Pictures from the Palestinian protest village of Al-Karama
Monday January 21st, 2013 @ 02:50 PM
Three days ago a new palestinian village was founded: Al-Karama. The people of Beit Iksa wanted to protest with this tent camp against the building of the seperation wall on their land. It was the second tent camp Palestinian activists used since the start of this year. Today, Al-Karama is no more. Israeli police destroyed the village last night. Continue reading “Pictures from the Palestinian protest village of Al-Karama”
The Gardener of Kfar Etzion
Saturday January 19th, 2013 @ 06:52 PM
How I met a settler with one wish: a spinning key chain from Mannheim. Continue reading “The Gardener of Kfar Etzion”
Coffee Seller
Mary & Joseph in Bethlehem
Blue
Ghosts VII
Ghosts VI
Ghosts V
Ghosts IV
Ramallah Celebration
Ghosts III
Ghosts II
Ghosts I
This stone ball is the best symbol for daily life in Israel and Palestine
