Creating new perspectives since 2009
Items by Miriam Deprez
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Susiya: The build-and-destroy dance of Israel’s demolitions
A thin layer of white stone dust coats nearly every surface in the southernmost West Bank village of Susiya, situated in the South Hebron Hills. The fine layer holds an added weight, occupying crevices, slowly encroaching under makeshift family homes, constantly being swept away only for it to return again. But...
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Even animals are divided by Israel’s Wall and occupation threats to the local environment
Israel’s “Separation Wall” through the occupied West Bank separates human beings; that much we know. What isn’t so well-known, though, is that it also divides ancient ecological corridors; the Wall has a devastating effect on the environment and the population of land-dwelling mammals. Slicing through the landscape, the Wall is...
