Tag: Christian Peacemaker Team
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CPT: Livelihood of Hebron shepherd threatened
20 October 2010 | Christian Peacemakers Team Noah El-Rajabi is a shepherd, with two hundred sheep and goats. He lives in Bani Na’im, 17 kilometres from Hebron. He is married, and has seven children. Ten weeks ago the Israeli military demolished his house. His wife and younger children now live in two rented rooms in…
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CPT: Keeping the quiet (when there’s no peace to be kept) on Shuhada Street
Sarah M, Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron “Excuse me!” the Israeli soldier called to us. “You can’t walk down that street.” Elizabeth and I turned toward him, questioning. “We can’t? But the German tourists here earlier walked this way,” Elizabeth recalled. “I walked down the street three days ago,” I added. “No one stopped me…
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CPT: Settlers Heat Up the Air in Al Bweireh
Christian Peacemaker Team – Hebron Since approximately 2000, the Israeli Military and nearby settlers have set in place an iron gate across the road leading to Al Bweireh. They have also positioned a huge several-ton rock perhaps 25 meters from the barrier gate on the same road and another gigantic heap of rock and earth…