Tuesday, March 23
Abdel Hadi Hantash reported that Mohammed Arrajabi, a farmer who lives
south of Hebron, was given an order by the Israeli Army to remove the
barbed wire fence that he had put up around his land. He erected the
fence because settlers had uprooted 3 dunams (almost 1 acre) of olive
and almond trees.

Wednesday, March 24
Michael Goode visited one of the Jabber families in the Beqa'a valley.
Settlers have contested the family's ownership of the land. The
family is worried that settlers or the army will destroy their grape
vines.

Thursday, March 25
The team traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate the Eucharist at Sabeel
Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center. Afterwards the celebrants
shared a communal lunch.

Friday, March 26
The team marked a day of fasting and prayer for the peace of Jerusalem
organized by Sabeel. In the evening, the team traveled to Jerusalem
for an ecumenical prayer service in which leaders of the many churches
in Jerusalem prayed in their native languages for peace and justice in
the city.

Atta Jabber reported that on Tuesday night settlers had bulldozed a
road from the new gas station that they are constructing to an
adjacent hill. The road goes through vineyards owned by Naim Jabber.

Sunday, March 28
The team worshipped in Jerusalem and participated in the annual Palm
Sunday march on the Mount of Olives.

Monday, March 29
After a meeting in the morning in Jerusalem, CPTers Goode and
Bouwmeester returned to Hebron on the public Palestinian bus.
Soldiers stopped the bus as it left East Jerusalem and entered the
West Bank and checked the ID's of all the men on the bus.

In the afternoon Goode was called by a soldier at the checkpoint outside of
the
CPT apartment who. The soldier explained, "There will
always be conflict between the people. It's in the blood. All
these people (Arabs) are suspects." As if to demonstrate his point,
he stopped talking and called over two Palestinians who happened to be
walking by. One was a friend of the team's -- Hussam al Atrash.
The soldier searched the Palestinians. Goode felt like this search
was for his benefit, as if the soldier was trying to demonstrate his
power. Angry, Goode knelt on the ground with his hands up in the air
telling the soldiers: "Search me too! Search me too!" People and
other soldiers walking by started to watch, and the soldier became
embarrassed and told Goode to get up. The soldier let the
Palestinians go.

Wednesday, March 31
The team visited Palestinian families as part of the CPT's Campaign
for Secure Dwellings program of matching Palestinian families who have
demolition orders with North American families and groups.

Good Friday, April 2
Some CPTers participated in an early-morning English-speaking
procession of the Stations of the Cross on the Via Dolorosa (Way of
the Cross) in Jerusalem's Old City. Returning to Hebron in the
evening, soldiers stopped their taxi at the East Jerusalem/West Bank
checkpoint and seemed upset that foreigners were traveling in an Arab
taxi to Hebron. A soldier started speaking angrily to the driver in
Hebrew. Sara Reschly told the soldier, "Look, he's not responsible
for us. Talk to us." Soldier: "Be quiet and close the door."
Another soldier took her passport and walked over to a police jeep to
"check" it. All four CPTers got out of the taxi to argue with the
soldier while Sara went to get her passport back from the police who
said there was no problem. Sara returned to the taxi and told the
soldier, "Look, the other soldier gave me back my passport and said
there's no problem." Soldier: "I don't care. I am the law. Get in
the car." After talking with the driver, the soldier allowed the
taxi to leave.

Easter Sunday, April 4
Most of the team spent the day in Jerusalem celebrating Easter. Tens
of thousands of Jewish visitors came to Hebron to celebrate Passover.
CPTer Sister Anne Montgomery spent a quiet Easter alone on the
rooftop of the CPT apartment, but was interrupted when 5 soldiers
looking for "CPT" came to the rooftop to warn the team not to take
pictures of the neighboring soldier camp easily visible from the CPT
rooftop. Anne said she would pass the message on to the rest of the
team. One respectful soldier then talked about the military policy
of emptying out their M16 machine guns of ammunition every time they
enter the soldier camp. Anne said she was aware of this policy, that
she'd seen soldiers do this many times. The soldier commented that
sometimes "mistakes" happen and that the CPTers should be careful.
The soldiers left calmly after delivering their messages.