Hajj Suleiman and his grandson: witnessing the ongoing Nakba
Community Voice, Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
February 5th, 2008 -- Osama ‘Amad Suleiman Hazahaza is seven years old and lives in the village of Far’un, south of Tulkarm. What is happening today to Osama’s family is sadly similar to the experiences of his grandfather, Hajj Suleiman, who was forcefully expelled from his home in the village of Qalansuwa in 1948 by armed Zionist gangs. Now, 60 years on, Osama too faces the threat of expulsion from his home. The Occupation has called for the demolition of his family home, ostensibly because it lacks the proper permit. [MORE]
Samer Saleh Qabaha: "I will never give you my son"
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
August 5th, 2007 -- The oppressions visited by the Occupation on Palestinians living behind the Apartheid Wall makes no exception for children or the disabled. Crimes against these people, who are stripped of protection, will scar their lives forever.
The two personal stories of Ahmad Muwafaq Saleh Qabaha and Mu’atas Samer Saleh Qabaha show the extent to which the Occupation disdains Palestinian human dignity and childhood. [MORE]
Bir Nabala Wall: A Devastating Blow to the Palestinian Economy
Case Study, Ma'an Development Center
June 27th, 2007 -- Case Study - Bir Nabala is one of Jerusalem’s many Palestinian neighborhoods isolated from the rest of the city by massive sections of the eight-meter high concrete Wall. [MORE]
Hajj Ibrahim Jaddallah: “We have to defend each centimeter that is left to us.”
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
March 1st, 2007 -- Zakariya is located south of Bethlehem completely surrounded by the Gush Ezion settlement bloc. 2/3 of all buildings in the village are under demolition order, including one school and the clinic inside it. Hajj Ibrahim Jaddallah is 97 years old. Since his youth he has been an active member of the community and has spent his life fighting against the occupation’s plan to annihilate the village and to expel its’ inhabitants. [MORE]
Struggling for Education:
The gruelling path to school of the students in Beit Ur
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
December 9th, 2006 -- Twelve year-old Hamaam Ismael sits down leaning against a massive tree that died after it was uprooted by an Israeli bulldozer to prepare the land for the footprint of the Apartheid Wall. The young boy wonders about his and his family’s future. [MORE]
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