HEBRON REFLECTION: Snow
February 25th, 2008
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CPTnet
25 February 2008
HEBRON REFLECTION: Snow
by Mary Wendeln
For days as I walked through the market last month, the Palestinians told me that snow was coming. Beautiful snow eventually covered the hills, homes, and the streets of Hebron. Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and CPTers were snowbound in their homes. Normal snow-related events happened like they do back home: cancelled meetings, stranded travelers, snow shoveling and the delightful sounds of children playing in the snow.
For a while, even the Israeli Occupation seemed to be at a standstill; it had no control over Mother Nature. She did not discriminate over which homes and streets the snow fell. Israeli soldiers (IDF) could issue no orders to make it stop falling. The Israeli government made no proclamations on the quantity of fallen snow nor was there interference by the other key promoters of the Israeli Occupation.
Is this how it can really be in Palestine? Is Mother Nature telling us something?
As Palestinian and settler boys participated in a typical snowball fight, the Israeli soldiers removed and held two twelve year Palestinians as if they were criminals. Normal activity returned to that of the Israeli Occupation as settler boys pelted the detained boys with snow while the IDF looked on in approval.
25 February 2008
HEBRON REFLECTION: Snow
by Mary Wendeln
For days as I walked through the market last month, the Palestinians told me that snow was coming. Beautiful snow eventually covered the hills, homes, and the streets of Hebron. Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and CPTers were snowbound in their homes. Normal snow-related events happened like they do back home: cancelled meetings, stranded travelers, snow shoveling and the delightful sounds of children playing in the snow.
For a while, even the Israeli Occupation seemed to be at a standstill; it had no control over Mother Nature. She did not discriminate over which homes and streets the snow fell. Israeli soldiers (IDF) could issue no orders to make it stop falling. The Israeli government made no proclamations on the quantity of fallen snow nor was there interference by the other key promoters of the Israeli Occupation.
Is this how it can really be in Palestine? Is Mother Nature telling us something?
As Palestinian and settler boys participated in a typical snowball fight, the Israeli soldiers removed and held two twelve year Palestinians as if they were criminals. Normal activity returned to that of the Israeli Occupation as settler boys pelted the detained boys with snow while the IDF looked on in approval.