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Outraged on Thanksgiving in Palestine
Submitted by Ridgely Fuller on Sat, 11/28/2009 - 9:12am. In the four trips I have made to Palestine I really thought I had seen everything.Israeli soldier abuse,Palestinian humiliation, home demolitions,evictions,land confiscation..apparently not... I will explain...
Fighting house occupations in the West Bank
Submitted by Ridgely Fuller on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 5:50pm. The last day of my week in Beit Ommar started with promise: last visit to the kindergarten and a visit to Hebron escorted by our new Palestinian English students..this would be a field trip of 'English only' as these two university students understand pretty well but are reluctant to practice in front of the older more experienced Palestinians...
I was thrilled to visit the kindergarten and find that the teachers and children were increasingly comfortable taking on the yoga, rhythm and 'parachute' activities I brought with me and had been practicing with them during the past mornings..my goal was for them to continue the routine after I left, especially if the promised translation of the program material into Arab materializes,,,
