Sunday, September 11 2005 The Dar El-Hanun struggle continues In the Summer of 2001 we held a large voluntary work camp in the unrecognized village of Dar El Hanun, in Wadi Ara. The village exists since the 20’s of the last century but the State of Israel refuses to recognize it and to supply it basic facilities: no electricity, telephone, paved road and social facilities, and the residents of the village are forbidden from improving their living conditions. During the work camp we, together with the villagers, constructed a children’s playground and paved a short entrance road to the […]
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Saturday, January 8 2005 Let the people live in Dar ElHanun! On Saturday we demonstrated – 100 – 150 people, in Barta’`a junction. We demonstrated against a clear threat of demolition of the home of Mustafa Abu Hilal, and a threat to destroy the road whose end we covered with asphalt with our own hands in the working days in Dar ElHanun, in the summer of 2001. The demonstration was well noticed by the passangers along Wadi ‘Ara road, many of them live in the region. After the demonstration we went up to the village, to sit under the shade of […]
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Saturday, August 18 2001 Voluntary Work Camp in the Unrecognized Village of Dar el-Hanun On Saturday evening, 18/8/2001, a Ta’ayush summer work camp at the unrecognized village of Dar el-Hanun in Wadi ‘Ara was completed. For three incredible days (16-18.8.2001) we worked together, Arabs and Jews, to pave some 100 meters of the access route to the village, previously a dirt track, as well as the village square. We cleared the remains of three houses demolished since 1997 and constructed a children’s playground. We were all extremely excited to see the road and the playground, shortly after their construction was completed, filled with children […]
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