The Israeli security apparatus is everywhere: checkpoints, Israeli soldiers casually swinging assault weapons, guard towers with surveillance cameras, electrified and razor wire fences, concrete barriers between neighborhoods, and, of course, the so-called “security wall.” Israeli settlers are assigned military protection for every major event and gathering, at every bus-stop in the illegal settlements throughout confiscated Palestinian lands.
Read MoreTe invito a ponerte en los zapatos de esta familia Palestina. Son la 2:00 de mañana. Tus hijos están durmiendo. Tu madre anciana y enferma y tu esposo o esposa tambien. Todo oscuro y en silencio. De momento, escuchas los ruidos de los motores de carros, voces, luces desde afuera invaden tu casa. Alguien toca fuertemente a la puerta.
Read MoreThe wall, like the Berlin Wall, is a wall of oppression. Having seen it and how it weaves throughout the West Bank, it is clear that it does not provide security but instead oppression, intimidation, economic hardship and the related dependence on foreign aid, and land theft. It is the Dispossession Wall.
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