Eva Bartlett

Eva Bartlett writes for Inter Press Service.

Finding Fish, But Israelis Too

GAZA CITY — "They told us ‘go west or we will shoot you’," says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat." At 6am on Jun. 16, Sadallah and his brother Abdel Hadi Sadallah, in their early twenties, went roughly 400 meters out to sea off the coast … Continue reading “Finding Fish, But Israelis Too”

Palestinians Rebuild With Mud

RAFAH, Palestine – Jihad el-Shaar is pleased with his mud-brick house in the Moraj district of Gaza. The 80-square meter home is a basic one-story, two-bedroom design, with a small kitchen, bathroom and sitting room, made mostly with mud and straw. "My wife and our four daughters and I were living with family, but it … Continue reading “Palestinians Rebuild With Mud”