#beit jala

[tearsofrefugees]

In the West Bank, this nightmare for Palestinians needs ending

Planting an olive tree was meant to be an act of faith-based solidarity, says the Rt Revd Graham Usher, the Bishop of Norwich, but instead i

[traumacatholic]

First Communion and Confirmation in the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Beit Jala 2025

[dk-thrive]

On the clearest of days, from the highest vantage points of Beit Jala, you can see all the way to the Mediterranean in one direction and to the Dead Sea in the other. The eye cannot rest.

Colum McCann, Apeirogon: A Novel (Random House, February 25, 2020) 

[traumacatholic]

First Communion and Confirmation in the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Beit Jala 2025

[jordan-pharmacy]

Lorax (loratadine)

Drug Class:

Antihistamine (2nd gen)

Indications:

Allergy

Doses:

10mg tablet

1mg/ml syrup

2 - 5 yrs: 5mg QD

6+ yrs: 10mg QD

Manufacturer:

Beit Jala

Drug Store:

Sukhtian

Contraindications:

-

[traumacatholic]

First Communion and Confirmation in the Church of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Beit Jala 2025

[instereospace]

It’s a cool area – there’s no cars, no traffic. It’s so quiet. You can hear the noises of the birds. I like to come here to relax. It’s like a forest, you know. The good thing is to keep it the way it is, for the birds. Nobody touches it. Nobody destroys the forest; they don’t destroy the land with buildings. When you start building, you kill the forest, you kill the land, so there’s nothing left for the animals. Everything is gone for them, so they will start to leave, to go to another area. Look around you: the whole town is very small, right? Everybody’s building, building, building. Some people have some land around their houses, but it’s not that big, you know. Sometimes you need someplace to go if you feel like you don’t want to see anybody, or just to sit alone. That’s the cool thing here: you have nobody here bothering you.

In the night, at sunset, it’s very beautiful. Maybe we’ll see it. Behind the mountain, it’s all red. A few minutes and it’s going to change. See how it changes? We have a good community here, you know. We know one another over here. It’s like a small town. And the culture here is a little bit different – we like to keep connected with one another. We sit together every night; we talk about what’s going on. Yesterday we were here. We had a barbecue and the family sat here all together. It was so fun, so beautiful. When you sit here and nobody bothers you, you don’t feel the time – it runs out very fast, you know. Time moves very fast. When you enjoy your time, you don’t feel it. At the end of the story, you need someplace to relax, you know. Someplace to have… fresh air, let’s say that. – Issa M.

[instereospace]

I’m one of those people who loves their land. You know, that piece of land is my joy. I spend most of my time, as a matter of fact, in Al-Makhrour. It’s a beautiful area. I mean, it’s unbelievable. It’s a nice, nice valley. I don’t spend as much time in my house as I spend up there. I enjoy being alone with nature, and that’s about it. When I go up there, I feel really relaxed, like a whole different person. When I’m at home, doing nothing, I feel like I’m tied up or something. So I just crank my engine in my car and go up there. That’s the best way to do it. Just get away from everybody, from all this noise, all the traffic, and stay up there. Even though there isn’t much to do, because as I said, I fixed up my land. But I don’t mind going up there, staying up there, sitting under the tree. You get the fresh air, the view. Honestly, it’s like heaven.  

I mean, I was coming back yesterday and I looked at the sun setting down. I said, “God, it’s so beautiful.” As I said, thank God for everything I’ve got. I’m really happy. Fortunately, I know a few people now starting to take care of their land. But we’re talking about the older generation, not the younger one. If they know how to take care of the land, it’ll give them all kinds of things. Like us, this year – you’ve seen how many apricots we’ve got. I mean, we’re talking about more than one tonne of apricots that I’ve picked this year. Why? Because I’m taking care of my land. I grow just about everything. [Our food] is all homemade stuff. It’s 100% organic. It comes out so tasty, it’s beautiful. We live in nature, and it gives us more than we need. So whenever you take care of things, things will take care of you. – Jamal