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Reham Alhelsi: Jerusalem, the heart, soul and home of Palestine

By Reham Alhelsi • Apr 4th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

In 1929 Ben-Gurion said: “Jerusalem is not the same thing to the Arabs as it is to the Jews”. While he meant to say that Palestinians were not part of Jerusalem and are not attached to it as the Jews are, I would say, he almost got it right: Jerusalem is not the same thing [...]



Reham Alhelsi – They can't take that away from me: "settlers" stealing Palestinian land from under our feet

By Reham Alhelsi • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Children's Corner, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, Zionism

Commemorating 60+ Years of the Systematic Murder of Palestinian Land. The first part of a three part series for Land Day
As I stood on the roof and watched Jerusalem stretch in front of me, with the sun reflecting on the golden Dome, I felt angry and felt how unfair the world is. I was born [...]