The Silent Blockade
Channel: Jonathan Pullman
Date: 2011-08-25

In the summer of 2011 several hundred activists from across europe attempted to access the Israeli-occupied West Bank by turning up at Tel Aviv airport and admitting their intention of travelling to Bethlehem. This resulted in some dramatic actions that have been largely ignored by mainstream media but indicate a level of control over a captive people, and its sympathisers which deserves to be known.