In 2003, Anna Baltzer, a young Jewish American, visited the West Bank to discover for herself the realities of daily life for Palestinians under the Occupation. What she found would change her outlook on the conflict forever.

For eight months over the following four years, Baltzer lived and worked with farmers, Palestinian and Israeli activists, and the families of political prisoners, traveling with them across endless checkpoints and roadblocks to reach hospitals, universities, and olive groves. Baltzer witnessed first-hand the environmental devastation brought on by expanding settlements and outposts, and the destruction wrought by Israel's "Security Fence," which separates many families from each other, their communities, their land, and basic human services. What emerges from her journal is not a sensationalist tale of conspiracies and suicide bombers, but a compelling, trying, and inspiring description of daily life under the Occupation.

Through an insider's extensive interviews and documentation, Witness in Palestine reveals the truth about checkpoints, settlements, land confiscation, the Wall, and the countless everyday acts of nonviolent resistance that remain largely ignored by mainstream Western media. Baltzer's probing and honest examination of the Occupation and the pervasive spirit of nonviolence offers a fresh look at Palestine today.

"Moving and vivid." --Tanya Reinhart, Israeli activist and author of Israel/Palestine and Roadmap to Nowhere

"Captivating text and artistic photography... a deeply personal story that will inspire you not only to have hope but to actively seek and work for peace and justice." --Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of Sharing the Land of Canaan