West Bank

29th October 2018 Hebron – the West Bank ghost town

Sometimes a town gets forgotten, and that seems to be the fate of Hebron, or...

12th November 2015 Only in Jericho: Bedouins, desert and dates

The taxi-ride from the central West Bank to Jericho is a memorable experience, not least...

30th October 2015 Life & death in the West Bank olive groves

The crack of a gunshot rang out, then another. Both came from across the valley...

At the turn of 2015, Muslims (whether in the Middle East, Paris or in Nigeria)...

29th November 2014 Palestinian women – strength in despair

Something that struck me forcibly while in the West Bank a month ago was the...

2nd November 2014 The survival of the Palestinian olive

I recently spent two weeks in the West Bank, aka Palestine, helping with the annual...