Hebron: stepping into the conflict
The West Bank city of Hebron is as fraught with conflict as it is holy. Palestinians and Jews barely coexist in the divided city. This is Chiara Sottile’s radio reflection reported from Hebron.
Where is the Palestinian revolution?
Protests in the West Bank and Gaza haven’t taken off like similar protests in the rest of the Arab World. A report examining the reasons why.
Caged!
Will it never happen, I wondered, that a Muslim who regularly prays at the Ibrahami Mosque truly looks in the face of a Jew who regularly prays at Tomb of the Patriarchs (the two names for the same holy place on that street)? Will they not acknowledge each other’s presence? Will they not exchange greetings? The wall dividing them is not high enough to hide their faces from each other. And yet, something within me answered “no.”
A land divided: March 16, 2011
The road we took into Hebron was for Israelis only; the Palestinians drove on another above. It was to be a day all about barriers and separations, a day that showed us what those concepts really look like on the ground.
