HEBRON, Occupied West Bank — Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ operation now underway in Hebron/al-Khalil. Soldiers are raiding homes and ordering
Every Saturday, Israeli settlers tour the Old City of al-Khalil – also known as Hebron – under military protection. A selective history attempts to justify such action as an act of return, while Palestinians are pushed from their own neighborhoods.
In most places, children running signals joy. Here in occupied Palestine, it is often a sign that the army is nearby. This sight is common
What if the most painful displacement is not leaving home, but returning to discover that the place you love is slowly being made to forget you?
After a CPT delegation in the US-Mexico Borderlands, David Leaman joined our team in Palestine. In both places, he came across oppressive dividing walls. Here, he reflects on their role as colonial tools, and the common call of CPT in different parts of the world to dissolve them.
On Zqaq El-Dah street, examples of beautiful resistance abound. Maggie Hindley introduces us to the people of Hebron’s Old City.
As checkpoints, military restrictions, settler violence and war disrupt Palestinian children’s education, students, teachers and families describe the daily struggle to learn—and resist—under occupation.
In a cafe, In Al-Khalil, five teenage girls approached me, an older white woman, and asked lots of questions. Is love real? was their last
The author, a lifelong educator from the USA, is spending time with CPT Palestine in Al-Khalil/Hebron. Here, he acknowledges his own connection to settler colonialism and reflects on the impact of the occupation on education for young Palestinians.
Danya Nasereddin reflects on the toll of intergenerational trauma and the process of Palestinian healing.