Chapter
1 Ordinary Days in Dheisheh (2000)
2 Farewell Washington (1988)
3 Welcome to Dheisheh (1990)
4 Urging on the Scuds (1991)
5 Diary of a Blockade (1993)
7 Dheisheh Will Never Fall Again (1995)
9 When Time Stood Still (1996)
10 The French Connection (1997)
11 The Glory of the Intifada (1997)
12 Where Do We Belong? (1997)
13 Remembering Our Dead (1997)
14 Where Did Santa Go? (1998)
15 Male vs. Female Honor (1998)
16 Celebrating Independence (1998)
17 From Dheisheh to Jerusalem (1998)
18 Making it in a Man's World (1998)
19 Diving with a Splash (1998)
20 Life's Four Seasons (1998)
21 Checkpoint Jerusalem (1999)
22 The Pope in Our Midst (2000)
Aida refugee camp, bombardment
visits to Friday prayers at, 128-30
Anas, Shadi, shooting of 20
Annan, Kofi, UN Secretary General 30
and Cairo summit meeting, 32
and threat of regional warfare, 35
Attalla, Grandpa, memories of
Baker, Fahed, shot by settlers 23
and attacks by Israeli settlers, 22
Beit Farouk, Israeli settler attacks on 39
childhood visits to, 62-5
Beit Jala Government Hospital 39
Israeli withdrawal from, 94-5
Israeli withdrawal from, 145
Bidya, Israeli settler attack on 23
Bitar Ilit, Israeli settlement 10
Burj el-Shemali refugee camp 3
Channel Four TV, documentary 142
chemical warfare [Gulf War], precautions against 82-4
accounts of martyrs, 116-17
Israeli attacks on schoolchildren, 31
Israeli attacks on schoolchildren, 49
lack of provision for, 119-20
perception of Christmas, 118-19
Clinton, W., US President; call for ceasefire
and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 24
and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 30
and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 37
during 1987 Intifada 143-4
and mourning customs, 139-40
attachment to Zakariya village, 21
attachment to Zakariya village, 111-14
Israeli withdrawal from, 94-5
Society of Martyr Families monument, 115-16
visit of Pope John Paul II [March 150-60
Durra, Mohammed, al-, shooting of
attacks by Israeli settlers in, 23
French assistance with, 105
family reunification applications 145
Fararjeh, Mustafa Mahmoud, death of
Fischer, Dr Harry, funeral 62-3
football, exchanges with French town 104
France, twin-city agreements with refugee camps 104-7
Frank, Anne, appeals to memory of
gas masks, for Gulf War 81-2
Israeli army raids on, 33
Israeli troop withdrawal, 100
Ghrouze, Bassam, killed 116-17
Giv'at Hamatos, Israeli colony 7
Givat Ze'ev, Israeli settlement 23
Goldstein, Baruch, shooting in mosque 79
Great Britain, policy towards Israel 21
Gulf War [1991], Palestinian view of 81-5
gunfire, familiarity of sound 44
Gush Etzion Israeli settlement area
Habash, George [PFLP] 156
Halayka, Yazan, killed 58
Hammad, Issam Judeh, murdered by Israeli settlers 23-4
Hanan, and honor of women 123-4
Har Gilo, Israeli colony 7
Harmallah, Israeli invasion of 15
Harres, Israeli settler attack on 39
Hassanein, Hasan, shooting of 20
kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 18
kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 19
kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 27
and negotiations for release of soldiers, 30
honor, unequal concepts of 121-4
hospitals, visits to wounded in 16-17
Hroub, Mohammad, al-, killed 56
Israeli settler attack on, 23
illnesses, stress-induced 36-7
independence, celebration of 125-7
a reaction to humiliation, 79
glorious memories of, 108-10
effect on Israeli public, 68
Iraq, U.S.-U.K. strikes against 118
indifference to conditions in refugee camps 78-9
scud missile attacks on, 84
protection for armed settlers, 39
tank attack on al-Khader, 54-8
withdrawal from Palestinian areas, 94-5
withdrawal from Palestinian areas, 99-100
Israeli settlements, expansion of
attacks on Palestinians, 22-5
attacks on Palestinians, 31
attacks on Palestinians, 38
Jennings, Peter, journalist 159
address to refugees, 159-60
journalism, by email and Internet 147
by-pass road through, 126
Hizbullah operation in, 18
Hizbullah operation in, 19
massacres at refugee camps [ 29
Manna', Rab'aa, neighbour 129-30
Marina and Maher, friends
Massassrah, Farid, killed 39
men, and concept of honor 121-4
Middle East International journal 147
Montataire, twinned with Dheisheh 104-7
mourning, rituals of 139-40
Israeli settler attacks on, 23
Israeli settler attacks on, 24
Israeli settler attacks on, 31
Nazareth, attacks by Israeli settlers in 23
Nitsarim, Gaza, Israeli settlement 5
Occupied Territories, Israeli withdrawal demanded 21
Palestine Report [weekly] 147
Palestine, anniversary of declaration of independence 125-7
and West Bank zones, 95-6
closure of broadcasting stations, 118-19
Palestinian Force [17 Presidential Guard], Israeli attacks on offices
Palestinian land, confiscation of
blockaded by Israel, 86-8
blockaded by Israel, 90-2
Palestinian Women's Union, march 11-12
and access to Jerusalem, 128-32
family support system, 96
loyalty to original villages, 21
loyalty to original villages, 101-3
loyalty to original villages, 111-14
passport restrictions, 66-8
passport restrictions, 76
passport restrictions, 144-9
world's indifference to, 74
photographs, of martyrs 46-7
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP]
Qaddafi, Muamar, President of Libya 32
Ramallah, Israeli army bombardment 33
Ramieh, Israeli attack on demonstrators 20
twin-city agreements with French towns, 104-7
rehabilitation centres 42
Sabra refugee camp, massacre 29
Salameh, Dalal, and twin-city agreements
Sharm el-Sheikh [Egypt] summit meeting
Palestinian opposition to, 37
Palestinian opposition to, 39
responsibility for Sabra and Shatila massacres, 29
visit to al-Aqsa mosque, 28-9
visit to al-Aqsa mosque, 37
Shatila refugee camp, massacre 29
Silwad, Israeli settler attack on 39
Sourif, Israeli settler attack on 23
South Africa, comparisons with
stagnation, of life under occupation 98-9
students, joint Israeli-Palestinian peace studies 78-9
Tayieh, Abdullah, killed 115
telephone connections, severed 34
television, dependence on
Tuil, Fernand, and twin-city agreements
twinning agreements with French towns 104-7
Umm Safa, Israeli settler attack on 23-4
UN Resolutions on Palestinian state [Nos. 242, 338 and 194]
policy towards Israel, 21
villages, identification with
Washington, DC, life in 74
Washington, departure for 67-70
Israeli settler attacks in, 31
Israeli troop withdrawal, 100
and concept of honor, 121-4
Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque, 128
Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque, 130
support for Intifada, 29-30
Yatom, Dani, Israeli chief of staff 44
attachment to memory of, 101-3
identification with, 111-14