http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/ Palestinian Diary Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:23:28 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1906 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1906 Dear friends: My wife and I are now in Italy to give a few talks and maybe get a break from the jail of Bethlehem under apartheid. Every time I visit Europe Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:14:30 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1905 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1905 A year ago, in the midst of the savage attack on Gaza, we in the Palestinain Center for Rapprochement between People in Beit Sahour issued a call for action Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:23:45 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1904 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1904 9 Minute Video I just put out on life in Bethlehem area during Christmas. It starts with a Jewish guy who joined the demonstration in Al-Masara asking that the Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:37:22 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1903 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1903 Groups in the Bethlehem area dedicate a series of events called Shepherds' Nights (December 23-25) to Jerusalem (increasingly being de-Palestinized) and hold a Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:36:36 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1902 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1902 The Air France jet landed in Madrid and I stepped out quickly through the impressive airport to the luggage area. There was no need for border passport check Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:03:03 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1901 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1901 ACTION ITEM: I attended the launching of this critical document on Friday in Bethlehem (a packed press conference with over 200 people attending). Please Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:37:37 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1900 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1900 Days pass by here each one very unpredictable. Yesterday we heard significant complaints about the rumored plans by the accomodationist branches of Fatah for Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:11:24 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1899 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1899 December 3, 2009 passes, just another day among 365 days of the year. But no day here is boring. I videotape at length (mostly for another project) but put a Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:57:40 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1898 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1898 [Quote of the day] "The last thing that should interest us is the Palestinians' concern. Before the Palestinian issue, what should interest us is our friends Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:09 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1897 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1897 Happy Eid AlAdha to all Muslim friends and Colleagues. May this holiday return to us with advance in justice and freedom and a retreat in the forces of Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:39:45 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1896 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1896 (Two actions at bottom) Today over 150 Palestinians and internationals participated in an activity to reclaim and plant olive trees on a threatened hill in an Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:42 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1895 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1895 (Action at bottom) Many years ago my son had two pet hamsters who took turns running on a metal exercise wheel without of course getting anywhere (but Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:15 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1894 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1894 (brief video linked at end) I have not been to Beirut since I was five years old (but I do remember some things of it) and I was a bit nervous since much has Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:35:16 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1893 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1893 One of these days, I would like to write a book to document the 1001 ways that Zionists use to take over land and distract attention at the same time. In Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:11:10 GMT Mazin Qumsiyeh http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1892 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Palestinian_Diary/message/1892 Yesterday and while politicians fret over terms like "slow-down" or "restraint" on illegal settlement activities, the Israeli authorities demolished more homes