Posted on August 27th, 2008 by Marian Houk
There is still NO INFORMATION at all about what is happening at the gap in The Wall (between what will be the West Bank and northern Jerusalem) at Dahiet al-Bariid. There are only rumors.
Maybe it will be closed before Ramadan (which will start on 1 September). Maybe it will be closed at some [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by Marian Houk
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Posted on August 18th, 2008 by Marian Houk
This morning, when I woke up, it was impossible to make coffee. There was no electricity.
When I went out, I found that the whole street was out of electricity (but not the Tibi house around
the corner). The grocer on the corner had no electricity either, and he was worried about his freezer full [...]
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Posted on August 17th, 2008 by Marian Houk
This is the main way between Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The road just beside The Wall was closed by Israeli security yet again today, for the addition of more security measures before Ramadan (the 30-day month of fasting expected to start this year on 1 September), when Palestinians desperately want to go to pray at [...]
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Posted on August 16th, 2008 by Marian Houk
Nobody knows anything, of course. Why should we know? It doesn’t matter what anyone thinks or feels, or how their lives will be affected.
The tension and the stress and the incertitude continue, without any information.
Until this weekend, it was thought that it would be closed by the 15th of August. But that [...]
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Posted on July 29th, 2008 by Marian Houk
I wrote this before, but seeing is believing.
And, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Ladies and gentlemen, anyone entering my little neighborhood is putting his/her life at risk.
The sign reads:
MORTAL DANGER - MILITARY ZONE
ANY PERSON WHO ENTERS OR DAMAGES THE FENCE
ENDANGERS HIS LIFE
A lawyer might say this sign gives rather broad discretionary powers to those [...]
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Posted on July 28th, 2008 by Marian Houk
It is Monday, and The Wall is still open.
Workers are, however, busy stringing a second strand of razor barbed-wire on the Jerusalem side of The Wall.
The work seems to be taking some time — it has been going on for nearly two weeks already.
There are not even any Israeli Border Police or security guarding the [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2008 by Marian Houk
The Associated Press has just posted this photo of the present situation in my neighborhood:
This photo is interesting for several reasons:
(1) the main intrigue is that the woman is rather exposed. My next door neighbor puts on her scarf and robe to hang out her laundry. It is rare to see this state [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Marian Houk
I went to Bethlehem Thursday afternoon, and was held at the checkpoint for TWO HOURS waiting to get INTO the West Bank.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) liaison office in Tel Aviv, which is supposed to coordinate and facilitate access for foreign press, spent all that time negotiating with the Israeli Border police in order to [...]
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Posted on July 23rd, 2008 by Marian Houk
This morning, I decided I would make a good try to buy some kaak - a delicious foot-long oval of chewy white bread (maybe it could be described as a cross between a bagel and a French baguette) completely covered with toasted sesame seeds.
The man who sells the kaak in our Twilight Zone used to [...]
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