Riding a bus to Abu Dis. Two school boys were going home on the
bus, and one of them had these three ducklings. The ducklings kept
jumping out of the box onto the dashboard of the bus, as we made our way
slowly through the heavy traffic.
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At Abu Dis we discovered a new "illegal" way around the wall
that separates the city from Jerusalem had been created in this fence, by
cutting out one of the metal bars and bending two of the bars
outward. These women came on the bus with us and are going to Abu
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As we were going to cross where there is a low wall, three Israeli
soldiers appeared on the wall from the other side. But they allowed us
to cross. They were surveying the situation.
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This is the Separation Wall in Abu Dis. It is 9 meters high.
The stores to the left are closed.
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Another view of the wall. Notice how the person walking beside it
is dwarfed by the height of the wall. The mosque in the background
is on the Abu Dis side of the wall. A church near it is on the
Jerusalem side of the wall. |
This is the Palestinian Parliament building in Abu Dis. The
Separation Wall is in the background on the left side.
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Two of the students we have come to hear make presentations in English
about the effects of the Occupation on people living in Abu Dis.
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Another young Palestinian who has been studying English with Helle in
order to help with advocacy against the Occupation.
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A teacher who described the effects of the Wall, checkpoints, and
closure of the checkpoints on the education of Palestinian children.
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Helle Preisler is second from the right. The men are active in
the Jerusalem Center for Democracy and Human Rights. They have been
studying English in order to help do advocacy against the Occupation and
in support of democracy and human rights in Palestine.
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