The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family…
Generationally contested land in the Middle-East
Genaire: Everyone In Middle East Given Own Country In 317,000,000-State Solution:
http://www.theonion.com/article/everyone-in-middle-east-given-own-country-in-31700-36484
Rayn: The *best* solution, ever! Too bad it’s satire…
The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of an acquaintance, after they shared a photo from here…
Sri A.: They married in spite of the brutal threats from Israelis. One way to stop the occupation is to marry each other. You can then have your own fights without murdering Palestinians. She is Jewish Israeli, he is Palestinian Muslim.
Rayn: ❤
The following correspondence originally took place on the Facebook wall of family, upon the post, “Israeli Settlers Destroy Hundreds of Recently-Planted Olive Trees in West Bank, Ramallah“…
Rayn: Interestingly enough, this article is from yesterday.
It is also worth mentioning that the report also states, “over 7,500 olive trees were damaged or destroyed by settlers between January and mid-October in 2012, according to OCHA [Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations].”
Brooke N.: Sad. There seems to be no way open to secure the Palestinians life and livelihood.
I originally posted the following information and commentary onto the Facebook wall of family…
Settlers Uproot Hundreds of Trees Near Ramallah:
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=667332
Israeli settlers uprooted over 600 recently planted olive and almond saplings in a village north of Ramallah on Wednesday, a Palestinian Authority official said. Ghassan Daghlas, an official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that a group of settlers from Givat Ariel and Maale Levona uprooted newly planted saplings in the village of Sinjil.Daghlas said Israeli police opened an investigation into the incident.
My Commentary: Interestingly enough, this article is from yesterday.
It is also worth mentioning that the report also states, “over 7,500 olive trees were damaged or destroyed by settlers between January and mid-October in 2012, according to OCHA [Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations].”
The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of my friend, and fellow Autistic Self-Advocate, Jason Ross, after he posted captioned artwork being shared from here…
Jason R.:
[020] “A 19-year old Swedish human rights worker had her cheekbone broken by an Israeli settler in Hebron. Tove Johansson from Stockholm walked through the Tel Rumeida checkpoint with a small group of human rights workers to accompany Palestinian schoolchildren to their homes. They were confronted by about 100 settlers in small groups, who started chanting in Hebrew “We killed Jesus, we’ll kill you too!”, a refrain the settlers had been repeating to internationals in Tel Rumeida all day.”
These Israeli settlers walk around Palestinian land in large groups like roving Klansmen with assault weapons as they intimidate local Palestinians. They tear down their olive trees and other infrastructure in order to make sure they can’t live on the land. via I Acknowledge Class Warfare Exists
