Julian wrote this piece about a period of time he spent in Old Town Bethlehem several years ago. In an example of unfortunate timing he sent it to us on July 18, the day Israel began its ground invasion into Gaza. We decided to hold it for a while. Continue →
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Peter Hibberdine on the role of water in Israeli settlement policy
A television documentary in 1995 that contrasted Jewish settlers in Kiryat Arba cavorting in swimming pools against the parched fields and empty water faucets in nearby Hebron caused outrage in some sectors of Jewish society. Continue →