December 2010
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Day off, but still difficult to escape.....
Although I managed a 24 hour break to Jerusalem, I came back to a checkpoint, and then at 3 a.m. settler attack whereby 3 men set tents on fire where people were sleeping.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku0Pe78ynm4
Then today, I was accompanying a shepherd but called out to a place about 2 km away from this attack above but could not get to the place in time. A group of 30 Israeli settlers...
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Thanks God, today has been a good day, no it has...
Dear all,
after the disconnect and an unbalanced feeling these last couple of days, and then being sick yesterday, today I feel whole again.
Lots of prayer, a good nights rest and the ability this morning to standstill in the light of Christ has washed away the unclarity & the hurt of the last week. I feel very centred and balanced, I am at peace again.
Friends & readers, knowing today...
“If I am ever called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice in love of the...”
– — Tom Fox (1951-2006) (via quaking)
A fellow Quaker, fellow CPT’er and someone greatly missed. Rest in Peace Tom.
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A rosary from Bethlehem, "Wilsberg" & Loewenbrau...
Gruss Gott,
Momentmal bin ich plötzlich etwas mehr Deutsch geworden?
I have just returned from 2 days off in Bethlehem, only my 2nd real exploration of this rapidly expanding yet fascinating city. I love the place! However to avoid all the tourist traps, I told them I was from Germany, and wasn’t hot on English… and then bumped (no kidding) into the Major of Cologne and his...
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Israeli Military destroy Palestinian Water... →
Alas I was the only member of the At-Tuwani team to witness this heartless and senseless destruction of water wells & cisterns. Not even in the name of “security”.
In total on that day in the area, 13 were destroyed, however I only witnessed 5 of them. I started to get in the way of demolishing, but Israeli Army mentioned a Closed Military area, and they would have detained me...
The art of tea making & community relations
Hello everyone, my name is Christopher,
and I am addicted to tea, in fact I have been known to drink up to 8 cups in 1 day. In recent weeks, I have taken to wearing a red “CPT” hat whilst drinking tea. This tea, often contains a lot of sugar and sage, my addiction is now out-of-control.
I have noticed that when I make tea, others previously avowed coffee drinkers wish to join me for...
'Our lives became something we'd never dreamt':... →
I’ve met one of these ex-soldiers, and I want to give “Breaking the Silence” leaflets to certain soldiers whom I meet at checkpoints…
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CPT'er denied entry at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel...
Last night, a CPT colleague was denied entry at the airport in Tel Aviv. Based on the initial questions, he was initially taken aside as thought to be a “Muslim Fundamentalist” because of his typical Amish Beard!!!! He was questioned from 10 a.m until 7.15 p.m. And officially denied entry at 7:25 p.m. And sent back to the USA at 11:50 p.m.
This is a blow for us in At-Tuwani as he was...
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A REFLECTION - CPT At-Tuwani Team: “Getting a good...
by Christopher, a CPT Reservist, December 2010:
“Its been a hard day’s night, and I should be sleeping like a log”.
Last week I started downloading some of those old Beatles songs that I didn’t yet have in my collection and it occurred to me I did sleep like a log despite the following:
An armed Israeli Soldier less than 30 metres away was standing and “keeping us” and of course...
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Playing Twister whilst making animal impressions!
Today was a unique and special day, just like any other. This morning we all woke early, and took part in a non-violent direct action… yes for the 2nd week Friday morning running, we started road repairs and in the afternoon I practiced my animal impressions.
Now yours truely, has previous form with roads, I helped build the road to the new airport in Hong Kong, but that was in 1994, when...
WatchThis is a video from a non-CPT’er (ownership of video belongs to the author Eddie Gerald), but about the people of the South Hebron Hills that invited CPT to live amongst them).
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““When we occupy the land, we shall bring immediate benefits to the state that...”
– Theodor Herzl, one of the founders of Zionism, from ‘Righteous Victims’ by Benny Morris, p21-22)
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Some additional photographs, reports etc. that might be of interest.