No Way Through

No Way Through is a short film aiming to bring the daily reality of the West Bank to London. In particular, it focuses on the hurdles created by the occupation and presence of checkpoints to obtaining access to medical attention, often ending in fatal consequences. The film succeeds in shocking and gaining empathy. It becomes incomprehensible to the viewer that such a reality could ever subsist in our society; incomprehensible that people

“Removal” of Israeli Checkpoints: Just an Illusion

Over the past month, Israel has decided to ease some travel restrictions in the West Bank.

Israeli authorities have put steps in place around the cities of Ramallah, Nablus, Qalqilya and Jericho.

Today, for example, the IDF announced it would open foot traffic at the Hawara checkpoint near Nablus. In some cases, Israeli authorities have claimed to “remove” checkpoints or roadblocks altogether.

However, has that really been the case?

Donkey #2 Held At Israeli Roadblock

As a BBC journalist attempts to trace the journey of Pregnant Mary and Joseph from Nazareth to Bethlehem on foot, and doneky, his Donkey #2 is not allowed to cross the Jalameh check point north of Jenin because he did not have the proper paperwork.  Read the diary.

Can’t even attend a funeral…

Today started in a somber fashion for me, with the news that a colleagues mother had passed away suddenly yesterday evening. Death and tragedy are universal, but nothing is quite ordinary when you live under occupation-whether it is driving from one town to the next, or trying to attend a funeral. The colleague in question [...]

A Journey Through Occupation

I left Ramallah for the first time in three years last week en route to a company party in Jericho. The very fact of my imprisonment within Ramallah’s borders is testament to the incredible pressure and whimsical laws an occupied people are subject to at the hands of their occupiers. An inane rule imposed by [...]

The Chosen Jerks

Love Thy Neighbor, Settler-Style.The presence of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank is seen by many as the main obstacle to achieving a lasting solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state model (and by Israel-supporters as ‘facts on the ground’ that we shouldn’t bother discussing). The settlers are not some fringe hardline [...]

The Occupation Strikes Again

The horrors of the Israeli occupation should be well known to all.  I’m not just talking about murder and detention, but all other forms of cruel humiliation and restriction imposed by the Zionist state… such as burning fields, demolishing homes, and of course what goes on everyday at the 600+ checkpoints littering the West Bank. In one of [...]