Soft focus, hard cell
Standing defiantly in front of the battered remains of a small building in East Jerusalem, Israeli human rights activist Angela Godfrey-Goldstein holds up her phone and clicks the shutter. Within seconds an image of the partly demolished home arrives in the Pressureworks inbox.
Angela is part of a new project designed to let people on the ground in troubled areas show you how history is unfolding before their eyes.
The project
In June 2005 we gave three mobile phones equipped with cameras to people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT): two in the West Bank and one in the city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.
The idea: to document daily experiences in the OPT as the attention of the international community is focused on Israel's 'disengagement' from the Gaza Strip.
The idea: to document daily experiences in the OPT as the attention of the international community is focused on Israel's 'disengagement' from the Gaza Strip.
'In mid-August approximately 7,500 settlers were made to leave 21 Gaza settlements – many of them against their will'
To view the images as sent in by our partners in Gaza and the West Bank chose a link below.
PMRS - Palestinian Medical Relief Society
ICAHD - Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
CFTA - Culture and Free Thought Association
PMRS - Palestinian Medical Relief Society
ICAHD - Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
CFTA - Culture and Free Thought Association
The backstory
In mid-August approximately 7,500 settlers were made to leave 21 Gaza settlements – many of them against their will.
'Using photos and text, our mobile-phone correspondents have given us the inside view of what’s happening on the ground ...'
While the world’s attention was distracted by that action, the Israeli government planned to build 3,500 homes in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, expanding further into Palestinian land, and threatening the viability of a Palestinian state.
Our plan
Using photos and text, our mobile-phone correspondents have given us the inside view of what’s happening on the ground. We hope that in a small way this project will help us understand more about life in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
'The first act we documented this way was the ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem...'
The first act documented this way was the ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, including the demolition of 88 homes in the Silwan area. The Israeli city’s government says it must tear the buildings down to make way for an archaeological park, but has left more than 1,000 Palestinians homeless.
Shortly we will be bringing you new photos from the area reflecting the events happening as 2006 unfolds. We hope that the phones will provide a real connection to what is happening in the occupied territories.
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Images
Who has the phones?
Knocked down and locked out
Shortly we will be bringing you new photos from the area reflecting the events happening as 2006 unfolds. We hope that the phones will provide a real connection to what is happening in the occupied territories.
Read more
Images
Who has the phones?
Knocked down and locked out
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