15-year-old boy shot dead as Israeli forces raid West Bank
Mohammad Dudeen, 15, was killed by a single live bullet after dozens of Israeli soldiers descended on his home village of Dura.
Nakba means Catastrophe
From MECA's enewsletter on May 15, 2014. Read the full enewsletter.
Over 1,500 Palestinian children killed since 2000
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Over 1,500 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces since the year 2000, the Palestinian Authority minister of social affairs said Saturday.Otherwise Occupied / An open letter to Soldier X, who shot and killed a 14-year-old
By Amira Haas, Haaretz
To Soldier X of the Armored Corps’ 77th Battalion, who shot and killed a boy named Yusef Abu Aker Shawamreh last Wednesday,
Happy International Women’s Day, for all the women of the world
I send my message to you directly from Gaza, Palestine, where we are still living under siege and under occupation.
Children of the occupation: growing up in Palestine
By Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian
Nawal Jabarin, 12, and her brothers, two-month-old Issa and two-year-old Jibril, in their West Bank home. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum for the Guardian
Nadine, Helen Thomas Memorial Scholarship Recipient
In 2013, MECA established the Helen Thomas Memorial Scholarship to honor the great journalist and to enable young women in Palestine to continue her legacy. Nadine is the recipient of MECA’s First Annual Helen Thomas [...]
Remembering Pete Seeger
The first person I called and asked to join the Board of The Middle East Children's Alliance in 1988 was Pete Seeger. Not only did he join but one year later Pete, Marcel Halife, Holly Near,and Ronnie Gilbert came to Berkeley and performed at the Berkeley Community Theatre. The theatre was packed and all 3200 seats were filled this was the beginning of a 25 year friendship that I will always treasure. I miss you Pete.