These are some of the photos I took. I ran out of digital camera memory so
I have none of the last few days. I'd be grateful if colleagues would share
some of theirs with me - especially some of us giving presents to the children
as i promised to give one to my donor.
Each photo is about 400k and is size 6 by approx 4. I do have them bigger
with far more pixels.
(If the pictures don't come at all (or appear as gibberish) try accessing this
blog via http://sp37.port5.com)
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1. Ernesto with
a tiny Nun.
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2. The group on
Day 1 Part 1 of 2.
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3. The group
on Day 1 Part 2 of 2.
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4. Jeff Halper
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| 5. Lunch
on a rooftop in the Old City |
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| 6. (Ref
36) Where the Separation or Apartheid Wall goes along a street. This
had been a busy thoroughfare quite recently. At this point the wall custs
the main road to Bethany. |
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| 8, (Ref
37) People struggling over the wall. soon it will be replaced by an
impenetrable wall 8 yes 8 metres high. |
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| 9. A Ramadan
feast for us at a Peace Centre. |
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| 10. Feasting. |
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| 11. then the speeches. |
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| 12. a
road block |
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| 13 At
a cultural centre. This man directed a play about life in occupied Palestine
that was acclaimed in Britain and elsewhere. |
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| 14. The Head Quarters of the Palestine
Authority, after a visit from their friendly neighbour. Whish side really
wants peace? |
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| 15. Chatting in the garden
in Bethlehem University. |
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| 16. Students
at Beth U. |
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18, 19,
20. A visit to
the church of the Nativity. The nave, entrance to the grotto, where Jesus
was born, an ancient canvas that caught my eye. |
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in a refugee camp. |
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| 22. Relaxing
in a home in the camp. |
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24. Views of hills
surmounted by settlements. (Is that the wall, or is it just a settlers'
road?) |
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| 25. In the Sabeel
office. One of the staff. |
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| 26 to 29. A roadblock. We
approach it. 27 No-man's
land. 28. Nearly
there. 29. Avoiding the
razor wire. Note that the barrier here is just rubble and dirt. In winter
it is slippery mud. No shelter. Notice the boy with a cart. 30. The
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30, 31.
Over the rooftops. Actually I was too late. A moment earlier a woman with
shopping bags and several children had to climb over these roofs to get
access to her home on the right. The road onto which her house faces (just
visible) has been declared Jews Only.
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32. Bethlehem
Boundaries. How does it go? Oh little town of Bethlehem how still
we see thee lie
Beneath the ... dreamless hills.
Now settlers take pot-shots into the town from their fortress-like homes,
built (contrary to international law) on local farmers' grazing land.
A few feet from where I took this photo the wall is is bullet-chipped.
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That's All folks.
