A quaking Quaker trying to live adventurously!

West Bank:

Making Arabic tea (with sage) for the German speaking CPT delegation…. and before you ask the Quaker Oats ARE NOT mine!

Showing the delegation our labour of love, after 5 years, this year we had our 1st real olive harvest.

At-Tuwani, with German speaking delegation - waiting for the children so we can help escort them home (through the Ma’on and Havat Ma’on).

Al-Bowereh, Northeast of Hebron, again waiting for the children to escort home… also a place where Israeli settlers (from Outpost 26) attack school children. Behind me is the Israeli settlement of Givat Harsina a part of the larger Kiryat Arba settlement. 

(Al Bowereh is a northeastern neighborhood of Hebron (Al-Khalil in Arabic) that lies directly opposite Givat Harsina, one of the four neighborhoods of the settlement Kiryat Arba. The area has a population of approximately 340 people, including 174 under the age of eighteen. Israeli settlers have constructed the outpost named Hilltop 26 on Palestinian farmland, and the outpost is considered  illegal under both international and Israeli law. Settlers have erected seven buildings in the outpost. They regularly attack Palestinians living there, including children as they walk to and from school. This harassment takes the form of stone throwing, physical assault, the uprooting of grape vines and destruction of other crops, vandalism, and intimidation. In addition, due to the proximity of Road 60 and the settlement, the Israeli military has placed demolition orders on almost all of the remaining homes in Al Bowereh)

12 February 2012 ·

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