Monthly Archives: May 2014

Nowhere Left To Go*

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Bron Ìle

We were in Ramallah when we received the text alert about demolitions taking place in the Abu George Kassarah Bedouin community. We arrived at the same moment as a convoy of four large police vehicles, two armoured cars and a … Continue reading →

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The Farmer’s Tale

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Bron Ìle

Sabri Abdallah Abu Kamesh was 6 years old when the State of Israel declared its independence in 1948. He has lived in Beitillu all his life and now, with his daughter, he tends his smallholding in a beautiful, green wadi … Continue reading →

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The Sensitivity of the Bulldozer

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Bron Ìle

The bulldozers arrived at 6.00am, accompanied by police and soldiers. One and a half hours later it was all over. Rima and Mahmoud had received a demolition order on their two-year-old house four weeks earlier, but they had no warning … Continue reading →

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