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Reflections from an Irish Activist in Palestine (Part 3/3)
Part III Jewish settlers driving by give antagonistic glances and stares, while cars and bus loads of visitors to the nearby Jewish cemetery and ‘tomb’ of the ancient biblical figures of Jesse and Ruth every now and again have one ruthless passenger who rolls down the window and comments, ‘Drop dead!’ Being called a ‘Nazi’ by Jewish settlers is a regular occurrence here – you just have to get used to it and not get pissed…
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Palestinian Human Rights Worker Arrested at Qurtuba School in Hebron
Tel Rumeida, Hebron. 11.9.07. At 7.25pm 11.9.07. ISM activists received a phone call saying there was a disturbance outside Qurtuba school. The school is in Tel Rumeida, Hebron opposite the Beit Hadassah settlement. A group of 10 settler girls were on the school pathway having a BBQ with a gas cylinder and a burner. A Palestinian Human Rights Worker was filming the situation to gain evidence of settler trespass on school land. The police turned up…
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Thanks to the (Cowardly) High Court
[ selected comments by the representative of the People’s Committee of Bil’in, Basel Mansour, to Israelis that participated in the demonstration in the village after the decision by the Israeli High Court ] FOr the Hebrew version click Lovers of peace, friends of freedom and justice… our partners in the struggle and in the creation of this partial victory — I bless you in the name of our Palestinian people, in the name of the residents…
