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Ben's reports

 3) June 28, 2003

Pictures from a celebration in Qarawat Beni Zeid.
Ben

Just a quick report and a couple of photos from an experience yesterday in the small and remote village of Qarawat Beni Zeid.
We attended a celebration of the lives and martyrdom of five villagers from one family killed by the Israeli Military in the space of a month. The setting was beautiful, outdoors on this hilltop village, with surrounding villages and olive groves visible behind the speakers in the distance.

Photo 1 is of the martyr poster for the five killed, four of whom from one family, all civilians.

The oldest daughter of the mother who was killed is addressing the villagers in photo2.


Photo 3 is of the audience, from Qarawat Beni Zeit and some surrounding villages.

Photo 4 is of young girls singing an uplifting song of continued resistance.

 

Photo 5 is a child on top of the wall of the gathering area with a Palestinian flag, a mosque in the background.


John and I are off to Yanoun in 10 mins so I have to go, but there is so much more to say. The Palestinians we have been meeting have been incredible people, though also incredibly tired. They simply want to live, and are being denied even that.

Solidarity,
Ben