MennoLetter from Jerusalem

MY VOICE . . .

“You Can’t Get There from Here”

“Palm Sunday when a group of more than a hundred Palestinian and international demonstrators set out on a walk from Bethlehem toward Jerusalem”

Memorial to the Name:

A New Yad Vashem Opens in Jerusalem

BY Chris McGreal - Page 2

Caterpillar: Making a Killing in Palestine

“Homes have been destroyed in a purely purposeless manner. Bulldozers have savagely dug up roads, including electricity, sewerage and water lines, in a brutal display of power.”

BY Nick Dearden and Joe Zacune - Page 3

Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer at work near settlement.	Rachel Corrie in front of bulldozer shortly before being run over by it.

 

The Impassioned Cry of a Jewish Woman

Nurit lives in Jerusalem, and lost her only daughter to a suicide bomber. Excerpts from her speech to the EU Parliament on International Women’s Day.

BY Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Page 4

Increase in Violent Acts by Israeli Settlers

—Ha’aretz - Page 5

Removing Unlawful Israeli Settlements: Time to Act

“Some 400,000 Israelis live in violation of international law.”

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT - Page 5

One Step Back in the Mideast

“Mr. Sharon is unfairly trying to stack the deck before peace talks even begin.”

FROM The New York Times - Page 6

Palestinian Hillside Poisoned, Settlers Suspected

“Settlers have a long history of harassing village residents, poisoning their wells, destroying property, and beating residents.”

- Page 6

“O Little Ghetto of Bethlehem”

“It is a window for people around the world to look in; to see past the walls and barbed wire fences, to hear from the people in Bethlehem themselves.”

- Page 7

The final ‘gate space’ in the concrete wall at the exit from Bethlehem.

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