Dear friends, The last few days have been intense with peace activism, most of it centered around the new settlement going up in Jabal Abu Ghaneim.
More intensive work is planned for the weekend.
This is a political decision, not a problem with the construction crews. Yes, Netanyahu tossed a bone to his extremist right, one that caught in the throats of all of us, but he cannot afford such extravagant gestures in the future. This is an important lesson that he learned from messages sent by the US President and Congress, UN delegates, European political leaders, and others. So please keep up your good work. But the army has tightened its grip on the mountain in a wide, armed belt, no longer allowing Israelis or Palestinians to get anywhere in sight of the bulldozers.