Tag Archives: Waste of Time

One Day, Many Years from Now, people will ask how come we were bystanders

Posted on June 29, 2010 by yaara

I was debating myself about the last photo. I thought I might choose one of my “checkpoint pornography” photos: violence, shooting, children crying, bleeding wounds. Or photos of sick people, sometimes in a critical condition, arriving at the checkpoint with … Continue reading →

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The Strawberrypickers – part 2

Posted on June 13, 2010 by yaara

        A very crowded queue. It’s hard to estimate the number of people in line. Galila and I make it to be above one thousand, standing here on the track entering the facility, towards the turnstiles, a … Continue reading →

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Crowded

Posted on May 11, 2010 by yaara

Irtah (Sha’ar Ephraim), south of Tul Karm, workers on their way to Israel, 10.5.10, 3:55am, shortly before the gates are opened. The terminal opens at 4am, so in order to get a good spot in the queue, some workers arrive here … Continue reading →

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Total Darkness on a Deserted Road

Posted on May 9, 2010 by yaara

  A trip to see the workers’ terminals in the Jordan Rift Valley, Hamra and Tayasir. The workers are mainly residents of the northern West Bank, from Farun, Tamun, Tubas, and Tayasir. They work in the Jordan Valley settlements: Beka’ot, … Continue reading →

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Border-Crossing behind the Plant-Nursery

Posted on April 17, 2010 by yaara

Israelis from Hod Hasharon or Kefar Sabba coming to buy plants at the nurseries along road 55, by Jaljulya, do not imagine that only a few hundred meters behind these nurseries there’s a terminal for Palestinians workers coming to work in Israel. When we arrived, at 6:30am, the gate was still closed. Continue reading →

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Hand in Hand

Posted on April 15, 2010 by yaara

Another school day begins. Continue reading →

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Just Another Day

Posted on January 10, 2010 by yaara

      ‘Azzun ‘Atma is a village enclosed between the settlements Oranit, Elkana and Sha’arei Tikva and the separation wall. The village is surrounded by a fence, traffic to and from it requires going through two checkpoints. For any … Continue reading →

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High Holidays

Posted on September 22, 2009 by yaara

It was عيد الفطر (Eid ul-Fitr) this week, the festival that celebrates the end of رمضان Ramadan. Family visits are accustomary on a holiday. In previous years I remember traffic jams and long lines of pedestrians at the checkpoints. In … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on September 5, 2009 by yaara

  Freedom of movement, freedom of worship, the freedom to control one’s own time, to be able to assess how long it will take to get back home. Pictured: Palestinians waiting, Friday, September 4th, 2009, at the Bethlehem checkpoint. The … Continue reading →

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Ramadan in Qalandiya

Posted on August 29, 2009 by yaara

The Friday prayers that take place at Al-Aqsa mosque during the month of Ramadan are a religious duty of the highest esteem. Thousands of believers from all over the West Bank try to make it through to Jerusalem, for the … Continue reading →

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