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US and UK Drop Bombs, Ta'ayush Drops Off FoodSaturday 22 Mar 2003
author: Bryan Atinsky of Indymedia Israel (bryan@indymedia.org.il)
summary
While the US and British Governments drop tons of bombs on the Iraqi people, a group of approximately 300 Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel and tens of Internationals brought a semi-truck loaded with around 40 tons of flour to the Palestinian village of Karawat Bani Hasan, situated in the Tsalfit district of the central West Bank.
US and UK Drop Bombs, Ta'ayush Drops Off Food
by Bryan Atinsky
While the US and British Governments drop tons of bombs on the Iraqi people, a group of approximately 300 Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel and tens of Internationals brought a semi-truck loaded with around 40 tons of flour to the Palestinian village of Karawat Bani Hasan, situated in the Tsalfit district of the central West Bank.
The hills surrounding the village are occupied by the two settlements of Barkan and Kiryat Netafim, another newer small settlement outpost and the Barkan Industrial Zone.
Because the village is not so distant from the large Israeli settlement of Ariel, there is a looming danger that the line of the planned ‘security wall ’ will encompass the land of the village and eventually be annexed to Israel.
The military some time ago dug up the main road into the village and put up a series of four earthen barricades across the road, every twenty or so meters. Villagers can not go in or out of the village by automobile, but must park their car at the first barricade, which has become a makeshift parking lot, and walk the approximately 150 meters to the final barricade before they reach the unblocked portion of the main road.
The day went quite smoothly. Everyone lined up and moved the 60-kilo sacks by hand over the barricade into waiting tractors, which were then taken into the village. It took at least 15-20 tractor loads to transport all the flour.
In a stroke of luck, no settlers harassed us and there was only a token military presence with 5-8 soldiers standing around in the olive groves watching us with bored looks...
After filling the tractors with the flour sacks, we all made our way up the hill road into the village, sat and talked with the villagers and each other, a couple of speeches were made...it rained a bit and then we made our way home...