Details are now being revealed about the preparations for President Bush’s visit to Ramallah. In addition to closing down parts of the city, President Bush’s costly visit (which included repairing parts of the Muqata so that Bush would not have to see Israel’s devastation of the building) the team made a reportedly number of demands [...]
A normally busy street in Ramallah during President Bush’s visit. One would expect a visit from a leader whose foreign policy rhetoric included spreading freedom to bring people out, not shut them in. Palestinians are already captives in their own bantustans thanks to Israeli policies. When Bush comes to town, it’s house arrest for everyone [...]
George Bush is coming to town! People really are making a much bigger deal of this than they should, but I guess we have to feel something big is happening when the man who is responsible for so much suffering in this part of the world arrives. Security in Ramallah has been extra tight this [...]