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| This street is only for Jewish people!! #Palestine #Apartheid (Copyright David Bland) |
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| (Copyright David Bland) |
Another update from Dave Bland in Palestine:
Today we went on a visit to Hebron whilst the West Bank voted iin town council elections. Traffic was mad as lots if people went out to vote.
The old city of Hebron is overshadowed by a small (do I need to still add the word illegal) Jewish settlement that takes the upper stories of the market area. 400 settlers are 'protected' by 2000 troops. The local Palestinian population and tourists have to run the gauntlet as the settlers throw rubbish, stones, beer, urine and worse onto the market streets below. In some areas nets have been rigged up similar to victorian prisons.
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| #Hebron - Jewish settlers throw all sorts to the street below to attemp to drive out Palestinians.(Copyright David Bland) |
We visited the mosque and had lunch with a Palestinian family whose shop is in the area controlled by the army. We were able to explore the area but our Palestinian guide could not. Two British Muslims in our group were verbally abused by the settlers. We visited a kafhir factory and a glass blowing workshop. Tonight's lecture is to be given by an Israeli professor, but her son is on the boat attempting to break the blockade of Gaza, so she may need to stay near the phone.
Tomorrow is our last day picking before we come home on Monday. Time to begin working out what the next step is, what to tell people and what to risk packing in my bags. I don't want what I bring through the airport to reduce my chances of being let in next time.
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