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– As a member of Machsomwatch, Tamar Fleishman documents events at Israeli military checkpoints between Jerusalem and Ramallah. Her reports, photos and videos can be found on the organization’s website: www.machsomwatch.org. She is also a member of the ‘Coalition of Women for Peace’ and a volunteer in ‘Breaking the Silence’. Tamar Fleishman is The Palestine Chronicle correspondent at the Qalandiya checkpoint.

 

‘Take Photos’: Orwellian Scenes at the Qalandiya Checkpoint (PHOTOS)

May 3, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman ‘Take photos!’, young Palestinian men urged me while they were being chased by Israeli soldiers. The youth were hoping to cross the Israeli checkpoint to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem to pray […]

Facial Recognition and the Right to Worship in Qalandiya (PHOTOS)

April 26, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman Thousands of Palestinians, women, men and children, crowded at the Qalandiya checkpoint entrances on the third Friday of Ramadan, many of them hoping to gain access to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque.   Armed […]

The Rosa Parks of Palestine: Here’s to the Human Spirit

April 19, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman Every Friday, the story repeats itself at Qalandiya military checkpoint: the same characters, the same rules, the same scenario, the same ruthless domination, and the same Orwellian lingo.  Only the small, personal, […]

‘She is One of Us’: Gladiator Games at the Qalandiya Checkpoint

April 12, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman The Israeli government recently claimed that they will be easing some restrictions of movement in order to allow Palestinians freedom to worship during the holy month of Ramadan. But when I visited […]

The Very Gray Zone: A Palestinian Woman in Israel’s Labyrinth (PHOTOS)

March 14, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman Amidst haze and dust rising, a Palestinian woman waited inside an ambulance for the arrival of another ambulance from Jerusalem. I do not know which kind of illness the woman had, but […]

Meanwhile in Palestine: On the Politics of Life and Death

February 28, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman As I was standing at the Qalandia military checkpoint, I saw a Red Crescent ambulance, which was parked at the designated spot, waiting for its Palestinian counterpart. The paramedic, whom I’ve known […]

‘There is a Crack in Everything’: Why Does Israel Build Checkpoints

February 8, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman The Israeli military Qalandiya checkpoint was not designed randomly, but according to an ideology and with a purpose. It was meant to strengthen the occupier’s control over the oppressed, occupied Palestinian population.  […]

On Intl. Holocaust Remembrance Day: Auschwitz, My Aunt, and the Palestinian ‘Moishale’

January 27, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman My aunt Malka was twelve and a half years old when she was brought to Auschwitz. Except for her two-year-older sister, not a soul of her family was left alive. From then on, […]

How Many Ambulances, How Many Stretchers: Stories from Qalandiya

January 3, 2022

By Tamar Fleishman How long does it take for Gaza patients to go back home from a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus? How many stretchers do they have to be dragged […]

No Country for Dead Palestinians: Six Encounters at the Qalandiya Checkpoint (PHOTOS)

December 20, 2021

By Tamar Fleishman While I was standing at the Qalandiya military checkpoint, six ambulances arrived in a single hour, one after the other. The first to arrive was the last to leave. It carried the […]

Without Saying a Word: The Electrocuted Boy at the Qalandiya Checkpoint

December 11, 2021

By Tamar Fleishman It is late afternoon and an ambulance coming from the West Bank is waiting at the Qalandiya Checkpoint compound to complete the procedure required for Palestinian patients who need to cross either […]

‘The Worst Time for Us’: A Regular Encounter at Jerusalem’s Moughrabi Gate (PHOTOS)

October 30, 2021

By Tamar Fleishman Throughout the years, I have often visited the Old City of Jerusalem, and I have never seen such a large number of armed Israeli soldiers there.  They stand at every street corner, […]

A Ladder over the Wall: Why Palestinian Worker Khaled Drags His Leg as He Walks

October 25, 2021

By Tamar Fleishman At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Israeli government issued transit permits to Palestinian construction workers, on the condition that the workers remained at their workplaces without returning to the West […]

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