Tag Archives: Yousef Munayyer
In the West Bank, a Horror Story

In the West Bank, a Horror Story

Yousef Munayyer
Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians are a regular occurrence. Arsons, stonings, destruction of property, shootings, physical attacks and harassment are but a few of the daily occurring categories we have kept track of in the Palestine Centre’s Settler Violence database.

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How about an Israeli Destruction Freeze?

How about an Israeli Destruction Freeze?

by Yousef Munayyer
In the first six months of 2011, OCHA recorded the Israeli authorities’ demolition of 342 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C, including 125 residential structures, displacing a total of 656 Palestinians, including 351 children. This is almost five times as many structures demolished and people displaced as during the equivalent period in 2010.”

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CHILDREN OF CATASTROPHE: JOURNEY FROM A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP TO AMERICA [BOOK REVIEW]

CHILDREN OF CATASTROPHE: JOURNEY FROM A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP TO AMERICA [BOOK REVIEW]

Yousef Munayyer
Kanj, an engineer by training, takes the reader through a detailed, personal account of life in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. Often with meticulous (sometimes overly so) detail, the author focuses on the elements of refugee life which are hard to fathom for those unfamiliar with the density and poor conditions associated with camp life.

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