From the West Bank to the West Coast: “Tear Down the Wall!”

[La_Serpiente]

From the West Bank to the West Coast: “Tear Down the Wall!”

We made clear that no walls would stand between the people.

Some 200 Palestinians, 35 Israelis and a similar number of internationals gathered Nov. 9 in the village of Zububa to mark the international day of solidarity against the wall by tearing a portion of it down. Our day started much earlier though.

Zububa is the village located farthest north in the occupied territories, and adjacent to a village named Salem, inside the 1948 borders. In the days before the wall became a cold and hard fact it had been a matter of mere minutes walking between the two villages. Nowadays the two villages are cut off from each other completely, and so was our easy route to Zububa.

We were forced to go through a military checkpoint in the wall, 10 kilometers away, where we were to switch to a Palestinian bus. Ten kilometers may not sound all that much, but in the reality of the occupation this short ride took us over an hour and a half of dirt roads, and roads regarding which even the word itself will seem like an unreasonable euphemism.

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From the West Bank to the West Coast: “Tear Down the Wall!”

[aquart]

1. So I take it nobody blew up the bus.

Good.

Can you guarantee that without the wall?

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[Jim Sagle]

3. The peace fence RRRRAWWWWWWKSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!