It breaks my heart to think that Khan Al-Ahmar
Palestinian community will likely be ethnically cleansed in two days. Today we
went there and also demonstrated at Al-Eizariya where Israel wants to warehouse
the 2000+ residents of Khan Al-Ahmar in a crowded area on land that belongs to
other Palestinians. The people are heroic and this may yet turn out to be
another Al-Araqib. The latter is a Palestinian community in the Negev that
rebuilt repeatedly 130 times. Imagine having your home destroyed once and rebuilding
it. Now imagine this happening 130+ times. It was very hard to know what to say
to the people there who are hanging around their homes and the school and are getting
ready for the showdown. The school and other infrastructure was built
beautifully from tires and mud and with solar power, they are an
environmentally conscious community. Three days ago skirmishes happened as
soldiers tried to blockade the entrance to the community and serve final
demolition orders. It is hard to describe our feelings. Words are too limiting.
Perhaps I will just post the pictures from today and video from Thursday and
ask any decent people to go and camp overnight especially Monday night and
Tuesday nights. By Tuesday things will be clearer….
VIDEO https://youtu.be/cq-KcushaaU
VIDEO https://youtu.be/cq-KcushaaU
