Palestine

a mural

Must we die in order to live?

As Palestine counts the toll of the genocide in Gaza, Shahd reflects on how poetry helps us to understand the nature of homeland, memory and resistance.

Welcome to Checkpoint 160

In August, CPT Reservist Maggie Hindley returned to Al Khalil/Hebron after a few years. She reunited with those she’d met before, and reflects on the changes in their daily lives after two years of war in Gaza.

A garden and a wall

Beyond imagination

In the occupied West Bank, checkpoints enforce restricted movement on Palestinian families. One family describes the daily struggles of navigating them.

A person wrapped in a burial shroud

Occupation, death, and other privileges 

Tameem Tamimi, a member of CPT Palestine, reflects on life, death, grief and survival in the context of the Israeli Occupation and the genocide in Gaza.

A fence bearing an Israeli flag blocking the entrance of a cemetery

Even our dead are imprisoned

In most parts of the world, visiting a grave is a simple, deeply human act. People walk to the cemetery, bring flowers, sit by the

A woman in a red jacket carries olive tree saplings

Prayer of a part-time peacemaker

The following prayer was written by Maggie Hindley, a reservist with CPT Palestine. God, I love this place.I love its scents and its tastes,its limestone

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