By: Ameera Al-Rajabi December 17, 2022 Hebron shopkeeper Laila asks Israeli occupation soldiers to think about why they are serving and what they are accomplishing Laila is the only shopkeeper in the Old City who is a woman. She has opened her shop doors every day since 2007, preserving Palestinian heritage by selling Palestinian embroidery […]
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Through their Lens
CPT Palestine recently launched Through their Lens: a new project with five children who live in a restricted area of the Old City in al-Khalil (Hebron). Through their Lens will give these children a platform to tell their stories through photography. This is one of our CPTer’s reflections on the beginning of the program. During […]
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Hebron will remain an icon
Hebron will remain an icon “Al-Khalil will remain an icon of the resistance to occupation and settlements.” These were the words on one of the placards carried by hundreds of demonstrators in al-Khalil (Hebron) on 26 November. Palestinians marched peacefully from the Russian Orthodox monastery, known locally as al-Maskobiyeh, through the heart of the city. […]
Occupied Palestine Gathers Its Olives It’s autumn in Palestine. The olive trees – some of them centuries old – stand ready to provide their Palestinian farmers and families another season’s worth of their precious crop. Precious in at least three ways: About 80,000 households depend directly or indirectly on olive tree products, including table olives, […]
Craftspeople of al-Khalil: An interview with Bader and Zachariah Bader al-Tamimi’s shop stands at the entrance to the Old City of al-Khalil (Hebron). Bader is always there it seems – a warm, dignified, welcoming presence to tourists, residents of al-Khalil (Hebron), members of human rights groups, and fellow craftspeople alike. Small cups of coffee or […]