Members of Rabbis for Human Rights, Taayush and Anarchists Against the Wall joined Palestinians in Qaryut in securing them and helping them work their land. The day began normally, the farmers take wheat seeds, throw them around and turn the ground with tractors. There is something magical in connecting to earth (even with the filters of technology) that I don’t get much of in the city. Two settlers arrive after an hour and tell us to go away. They totally ignore the Palestinian, since according to their line of thought […]Friday, October 2 2009 Barrier Removal Near village of Qaryut
The residents of Qaryut, a village of some 2,500 tucked in a hilly region between the settlements of Shiloh and Eli midway between Nablus and Ramallah, have destroyed the dirt mound blocking their access to the main road 104 times. Today they did so for the 105th time, with the assistance of 10 Israeli and 10 international activists. A mere two kilometers west of their village, along a dirt road, is an entrance to the central highway, Route 60, the residents’ connection to markets, shops and schools in Ramallah and […]
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