Refugees in Our Own Land :Chronicles From a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Chronicles From a Palestinian Refugee Camp in Bethlehem

Publication series :1

Author: Hamzeh   Muna  

Publisher: Pluto Books Ltd‎

Publication year: 2001

E-ISBN: 9781849640923

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780745316529

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780745316529

Subject: D08 Other political theory problems;D523.8 移民、侨民;D523.91 难民

Keyword: 其他政治理论问题,难民,移民、侨民

Language: ENG

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Refugees in Our Own Land

Description

A look into the hearts and minds of Palestinian refugees

Chapter

1 Ordinary Days in Dheisheh (2000)

PART TWO

2 Farewell Washington (1988)

3 Welcome to Dheisheh (1990)

4 Urging on the Scuds (1991)

5 Diary of a Blockade (1993)

6 Fatima (1994)

7 Dheisheh Will Never Fall Again (1995)

8 Where is Peace? (1996)

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)

Index

Abdullah, neighbour, 112

Abed, neighbour, 143

Abu Aker, Hazem

108

110

Abu Aker, Nidal

108

109-10

Abu Aker, Ra'fat 108-9

Ahlam, neighbour 89

Ahmed, husband

14

33

49

77-8

82-3

84

88

143-4

Aida refugee camp, bombardment

51

56

57

Aisha, neighbour 101-3

Akram, wounded

13-14

16-17

al-Aqsa mosque

Sharon's visit to, 28-9

visits to Friday prayers at, 128-30

Albright, Madeleine 6

Ali, death of 139-40

Amneh, neighbour 111

Anas, Shadi, shooting of 20

Annan, Kofi, UN Secretary General 30

Anwar, neighbour

91

92

Arab countries

and Cairo summit meeting, 32

and threat of regional warfare, 35

inaction of, 7

inaction of, 28

Arafat, Yasser

26

meeting with Barak, 6

meeting with Barak, 8

meeting with Barak, 30

meeting with Barak, 37

refugees' anger at, 37

Assaf, Marwan, killed 56

Attalla, Grandpa, memories of

45

62

65

118

149

Austin, Texas 70

Azza, Khaled 126-7

Baker, Fahed, shot by settlers 23

Balata refugee camp 110

Barak, Ehud

and attacks by Israeli settlers, 22

meeting with Arafat, 6

meeting with Arafat, 8

meeting with Arafat, 30

meeting with Arafat, 37

ultimatum to Arafat, 20

ultimatum to Arafat, 27

Beit Farouk, Israeli settler attacks on 39

Beit Jala

6-7

bombed, 49

bombed, 51

bombed, 52-3

bombed, 56

bombed, 63

bombed, 64

childhood visits to, 45

childhood visits to, 62-5

clashes at, 39

Beit Jala Government Hospital 39

Beit Jala Tunnel

10

18

Beit Sahour

bombardment 51

bombardment 56

clashes in, 10

clashes in, 11

clashes in, 49-50

Bethlehem

48

demonstrations, 10-12

Israeli withdrawal from, 94-5

Israeli withdrawal from, 145

Manger Square, 125

Rachel's Tomb, 10

traffic lights, 153

traffic lights, 158

Zones, 95-6

Zones, 145-6

Bidya, Israeli settler attack on 23

Bitar Ilit, Israeli settlement 10

boredom

41

during blockades, 86-8

Burj el-Shemali refugee camp 3

Catastrophe [1948]

112

113

114

ceasefire agreements

21

24

38-9

Channel Four TV, documentary 142

checkpoints

8

41

66-7

128

147-8

evasion of, 131-2

evasion of, 142-3

chemical warfare [Gulf War], precautions against 82-4

children

and [ 73

and [ 74

accounts of martyrs, 116-17

Israeli attacks on schoolchildren, 31

Israeli attacks on schoolchildren, 49

lack of provision for, 119-20

Marianna, 4-5

Marianna, 14

Marianna, 22

Marianna, 26

Marianna, 30-1

Marianna, 47-8

Marianna, 67

Marianna, 70

neighbours', 5

neighbours', 30

neighbours', 119-20

neighbours', 141

perception of Christmas, 118-19

Christmas time 118-19

civil society 158

Clinton, W., US President; call for ceasefire

38

and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 24

and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 30

and Sharm el-Sheikh summit meeting, 37

commemoration of 116

Cry Freedom [film] 44

curfews

during 1987 Intifada 143-4

Gulf War, 81

Gulf War, 83-5

daily life

in Israel, 7

in Israel, 67-8

in Israel, 79

in refugee camps, 5

in refugee camps, 40

in refugee camps, 53-4

in refugee camps, 58-9

in refugee camps, 79

stagnation of, 98-9

death

fear of, 74-5

and mourning customs, 139-40

demonstrations

10-12

30

33

depression

74-5

97-8

146-8

among refugees, 5

among refugees, 50

among refugees, 51-2

among refugees, 109-10

Dheisheh refugee camp

4

66

attachment to Zakariya village, 21

attachment to Zakariya village, 111-14

clashes, 156-8

curfew [ 81

curfew [ 83-5

daily life 58-9

fence torn down, 94

Israeli withdrawal from, 94-5

Society of Martyr Families monument, 115-16

tear gas attacks, 77-8

vegetable market, 89

visit of Pope John Paul II [March 150-60

Diaspora, Palestinian 3

Durra, Mohammed, al-, shooting of

3-4

30

East Jerusalem

21

attacks by Israeli settlers in, 23

el-Sheikh, Wajieh 104

electricity supplies

8

34

French assistance with, 105

Ezyia, neighbour

86

88

family reunification applications 145

Fararjeh, Mustafa Mahmoud, death of

12-16

21

Fatah Movement

8

21

22

Fatima, neighbour 89-93

Fawzi, neighbour 87

Firas, neighbour

40-1

46

Fischer, Dr Harry, funeral 62-3

food; for mourners

for mourners 21-2

shortage of, 22

shortage of, 22

shortage of, 34

shortage of, 34

shortage of, 89

shortage of, 89

shortage of, 91-2

shortage of, 91-2

football, exchanges with French town 104

France, twin-city agreements with refugee camps 104-7

Frank, Anne, appeals to memory of

25

79-80

freedom

25

59-62

gas masks, for Gulf War 81-2

Gaza

clashes in, 49

Israeli army raids on, 33

port bombed, 35-6

protest march in, 30

Gaza Strip

21

clashes in, 43

closure of, 32

curfew [Gulf War], 81

infrastructure, 33-4

Israeli troop withdrawal, 100

Ghadeer, neighbour 89

Ghneim, Wa'el, killed 56

Ghrouze, Bassam, killed 116-17

Gilo, Israeli settlement

7

15

53

64

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

10

11

Habash, George [PFLP] 156

Hala, unmarried 134-5

Halayka, Yazan, killed 58

Halimeh, neighbour

111

128

132

Hammad, Issam Judeh, murdered by Israeli settlers 23-4

Hanan, and honor of women 123-4

Hanan, neighbour 90

Har Gilo, Israeli colony 7

Harmallah, Israeli invasion of 15

Harres, Israeli settler attack on 39

Hassan, neighbour

87

111

Hassanein, Hasan, shooting of 20

Hind, friend 49

Hiyam, neighbour 131

Hizbullah

kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 18

kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 19

kidnapping of Israeli soldiers, 27

and negotiations for release of soldiers, 30

support for, 19-20

honor, unequal concepts of 121-4

hospitals, visits to wounded in 16-17

Hourieh, friend

24

31

42

59

137-8

Hroub, Mohammad, al-, killed 56

Husan

clashes in, 10

clashes in, 11

Israeli settler attack on, 23

illnesses, stress-induced 36-7

incomes

92-3

96

independence, celebration of 125-7

injuries 42

insurance 42

Intifada [1987]

73

74

75

a reaction to humiliation, 79

curfews, 143

glorious memories of, 108-10

martyrs of, 115-17

Intifada, al-Aqsa [2000]

3-65 passim

ceasefire agreements, 21

donations for, 32-3

effect on Israeli public, 68

number of casualties, 27

number of casualties, 32

number of casualties, 34

number of casualties, 37

number of casualties, 53

role of women in, 20-1

support for, 21

Iraq, U.S.-U.K. strikes against 118

Islamic Waqf 22

Israel

occupation [ 73-4

indifference to conditions in refugee camps 78-9

scud missile attacks on, 84

withdrawal from [ 21

Israeli army

attacks by, 10-12

attacks by, 38-9

attacks by, 49

bombardments, 31

bombardments, 33

bombardments, 49-50

bombardments, 51-3

protection for armed settlers, 39

raids in Dheisheh, 78-80

tank attack on al-Khader, 54-8

withdrawal from Palestinian areas, 94-5

withdrawal from Palestinian areas, 99-100

Israeli settlements, expansion of

97

100

Israeli settlers

attacks on Palestinians, 22-5

attacks on Palestinians, 31

attacks on Palestinians, 38

Issam, neighbour

91

92

Jabalya refugee camp 110

Jennings, Peter, journalist 159

Jerusalem, access to

41

128-32

142-3

146-7

148-9

John Paul II, Pope

address to refugees, 159-60

visit to Dheisheh, 150-9

Jordan, access to 131

journalism, by email and Internet 147

journalists

American, 48

in Beit Jala, 52-3

Swedish, 52

Khader village al-

10

46

by-pass road through, 126

tank attack on, 54-8

Khan Younis refugee camp

42

105

Lebanon

Hizbullah operation in, 18

Hizbullah operation in, 19

massacres at refugee camps [ 29

Maha, divorce 133-4

Mahmoud, neighbour

80

83

Majed, neighbour

89

92-3

Malak, neighbour

5

30

119

Manal, neighbour 109

Manna', Rab'aa, neighbour 129-30

Maram, neighbour 119

Mariam, neighbour 121

Marina and Maher, friends

48

49-50

Massassrah, Farid, killed 39

medical facilities 131

men, and concept of honor 121-4

Middle East International journal 147

Mohammed, neighbour

150

151

money

and freedom, 59-60

lack of, 5

lack of, 82

lack of, 92-3

Montataire, twinned with Dheisheh 104-7

mourning, rituals of 139-40

movement permits

129

142

Muhaisen, Ahmed 105-6

Mustafa, neighbour

91

92

Muyasar, neighbour

15

29-30

36

Na'imeh, neighbour 121

Nabieh, friend 137-8

Nablus

closure of, 31

Israeli settler attacks on, 23

Israeli settler attacks on, 24

Israeli settler attacks on, 31

women's march in, 11-12

Nader, neighbour 112-14

Nahalin village 10

Nasser, wounded 17

Nazareth, attacks by Israeli settlers in 23

Nida', neighbour 115-16

Nitsarim, Gaza, Israeli settlement 5

Occupied Territories, Israeli withdrawal demanded 21

Oslo Peace Accord 99-100

Palestine Report [weekly] 147

Palestine, anniversary of declaration of independence 125-7

Palestinian Authority

22

and West Bank zones, 95-6

closure of broadcasting stations, 118-19

corruption in, 4

corruption in, 5

corruption in, 49

corruption in, 100

police 126

police 156-7

police 158

Palestinian Force [17 Presidential Guard], Israeli attacks on offices

31

45

Palestinian land, confiscation of

100

126

Palestinian state

independent, 27-8

UN Resolutions on, 35

UN Resolutions on, 38

Palestinian Territories

blockaded by Israel, 41

blockaded by Israel, 43

blockaded by Israel, 86-8

blockaded by Israel, 90-2

economy, 59

economy, 100

Palestinian Women's Union, march 11-12

Palestinians

and access to Jerusalem, 128-32

attack in Ramallah, 39

family support system, 96

loyalty to original villages, 21

loyalty to original villages, 101-3

loyalty to original villages, 111-14

martyrs, 46-7

martyrs, 115-17

passport restrictions, 66-8

passport restrictions, 76

passport restrictions, 144-9

political rights for 21

world's indifference to, 74

peace agreements

9

97-100

people, beauty of 47

photographs, of martyrs 46-7

police

Israeli, 24-5

Palestinian, 126

Palestinian, 156-7

Palestinian, 158

political prisoners

9

97

100

118

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP]

108

156

prices, rising 96

Qaddafi, Muamar, President of Libya 32

Qasas, Hazem 104

radio stations

Bethlehem 3

Bethlehem 10-11

Bethlehem 45

Bethlehem 2000

Palestine Radio, 11

Rafah refugee camp 39

Ramallah, Israeli army bombardment 33

Ramieh, Israeli attack on demonstrators 20

refugee camps

building work, 87

houses, 82

houses, 92

infrastructure, 33-4

safety within, 9

safety within, 140-1

twin-city agreements with French towns, 104-7

rehabilitation centres 42

reincarnation 98

right of return

110

151

154

Rjoub, Jibril 156

Sabra refugee camp, massacre 29

Saeed, neighbour

80

83

84

Safa, neighbour 121

Sajadi, Ali, killed 115

Salameh, Dalal, and twin-city agreements

105

106-7

Salfit, sealed off 39

Salwa, divorce 134

Samira, neighbour 35-6

Shabaan, Ra'ed 104

Shaheen, Hussein 129

Sharm el-Sheikh [Egypt] summit meeting

24

32

37

39

Palestinian opposition to, 37

Palestinian opposition to, 39

Sharon, Ariel

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

Sheikha, neighbour

128-30

132

Silwad, Israeli settler attack on 39

social security

40

96

Sourif, Israeli settler attack on 23

South Africa, comparisons with

44

45

stagnation, of life under occupation 98-9

students, joint Israeli-Palestinian peace studies 78-9

Sudqi, Ra'ed 105

Tamari, Salah 126

Tayieh, Abdullah, killed 115

tear gas 77-8

Tel Aviv 67

telephone connections, severed 34

television, dependence on

73

83

84

Tiebi, Dr Jawad 105

tourist visas

66

67

144

Tuil, Fernand, and twin-city agreements

105

106

TV stations

coverage of clashes, 7

coverage of clashes, 30

Gulf satellite, 32

Gulf satellite, 33

Israel TV, 42

Palestinian Satellite, 3

Palestinian Satellite, 8

twinning agreements with French towns 104-7

Um Hazem

12-13

21

Um Ra'ed

5

29

46

47-8

78

Um Subhi 77-8

Umm Safa, Israeli settler attack on 23-4

UN Resolutions on Palestinian state [Nos. 242, 338 and 194]

35

38

unemployment benefits

40

96

United States

American citizenship, 76

policy towards Israel, 21

UNWRA

jobs with, 129

schools, 120

services in camps, 115

services in camps, 151

villages, identification with

101-3

111-14

Wajieh, neighbour 41-2

Washington, DC, life in 74

Washington, departure for 67-70

water supplies

136-8

private sales of, 136-7

West Bank

21

blockade [ 86-8

blockade [ 90-2

clashes in, 49

closure of, 32

curfew [Gulf War], 81

infrastructure, 33-4

internal blockade, 41

Israeli settler attacks in, 31

Israeli troop withdrawal, 100

Zones, 4

Zones, 25

Zones, 95-6

Zones, 145-6

women

and concept of honor, 121-4

and divorce, 133-4

and families, 89-90

education of, 122-3

employment for, 129

employment for, 131

employment for, 132

employment for, 134

Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque, 128

Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque, 130

in West Bank, 97

march in Nablus, 11-12

role for, 36

role of, 20

role of, 89-93

support for Intifada, 20

support for Intifada, 29-30

unmarried, 134-5

work

access to, 4

access to, 32

access to, 41

access to, 129

access to, 131-2

cut by blockades, 91-2

lack of, 40

lack of, 100

Yatom, Dani, Israeli chief of staff 44

Yousef, neighbour 113

Yunis, market trader 89

Yusra, neighbour 121

Zakariya village

attachment to memory of, 101-3

identification with, 111-14

refugees from, 21

Zuhair, neighbour

83

87

Zuhra, neighbour 89

Zuzu, neighbour

119

141

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