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Tel Rumeida Journal – Sunday 23/04/06
Our group was tired out after the large settler attack yesterday and apprehensive about what might happen over the coming week. We were hoping for a quiet day, and we got that. So here’s a description of a quiet day in Tel Rumeida… International volunteers from EAPPI, ISM and TRP on the streets at 7am…
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Settlers Attack
1. Soldiers Beat Non-violent Demonstrators, Arrest Three 2. Settlers Attack 3. Mary’s Journal: Daily Life in Tel Rumeida 4. Corporate Complicity in the Ethnic Cleansing of the Jordan Valley 5. Anamaria’s Journal: Not Welcome Anymore 6. Update on Nablus Incursions 7. Bil’in Demonstration Calls For Boycott of Israeli Products 8. Hamas forms new security branch…
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Shwayy shwayy, like prisoners in a cage
From the International Women’s Peace Service Shwayy shwayy, slowly slowly, like the Arabic of most internationals here, or, maybe better, silently silently… the Israeli government is turning the Salfit Region into one of the most enclosed areas of the West Bank. The original sin of our relatively unknown Palestinian governorate is hosting the infamous Ariel…
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Mary’s Journal: Daily Life in Tel Rumeida
Kids in Shuhada Street Everyday but Friday, we are out on the street watching as children go to school, which starts at 7.45am. It’s usually quiet, though today about 15 visiting settlers attacked Anna and BJ and 3 EAPPI (Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel) people. They are not badly hurt (one was kicked…
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Hamas forms new security branch
By Laila el-Haddad Something strange is happening in Gaza. Municipality workers are actually working. The streets seem a bit cleaner. And for once, I actually saw a policeman arresting a criminal in a dramatic pick-up the other day, much to the chagrin of his gang, who stoned and shot at the police car (futilely), and…
