The visit by our group to the al-Naqab Desert produced some very valuable information. Our visit with a Palestinian Bedouin village laid out in stark clarity the oppression faced in the area. Israel has taken over much of the land, and co-opted even the traditional names of the villages in the Naqab. The Israelis call the desert the Negev, and now assert their identity on the region which was once entirely Palestinian Bedouin. It is an arid region where few ventured prior to the 1948 Nakba.

2017 May, Eyewitness AccountsTod S.November 10, 2017delegation 61, bedouin, al-naqab, negev, desert, villages, language, erasure, umm al-hiran

MOVING BEYOND CONFINEMENT

Two of us had been invited to spend the night at the home of Naji Owdah at the Dheisheh Refugee Camp. As he lead us into the house he said: "We'll close the windows at night in case of a tear gas attack." A normal enough warning considering the circumstances under which Palestinians live.

Eyewitness Accounts, 2017 MayCallie W.November 10, 2017delegation 61, LAYLAC, zionism, bethlehem, villages, checkpoint, prison, military, dheisheh, refugee camp, nakba, family

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners Delegation
May 13 - 26, 2017

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners DelegationMay 13 - 26, 2017

Incarceration, Detention, and Political Prisoners Delegation
May 13 - 26, 2017