The Israelis call it a "fence". It's a joke, of course, for the Wall which the Israelis have built, at huge cost, is even higher, more extensive and sturdier than the one the East Germans built in the 1960's.
Mondoweiss - a site always worthwhile accessing if one wants to stay across what is happening in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank - reports:
"We are excited to share an excerpt from A Wall in Palestine, a new book by French journalist Rene Backmann. Backmann is a foreign affairs columnist for Le Nouvel Observateur.
The book tells the story of the Separation Wall in the West Bank, its history and devastating impact. The book puts a human face on this massive project, and shows what it has meant for people’s day to day lives. The excerpt below tells one of those stories. Terry Boullata is the principal of an elementary school in Abu Dis, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem that has been bisected by the Wall. The excerpt discusses how the Wall has impacted the school Boullata runs, and how it divides and disrupts the Palestinian families that end up in its path".
Mondoweiss - a site always worthwhile accessing if one wants to stay across what is happening in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank - reports:
"We are excited to share an excerpt from A Wall in Palestine, a new book by French journalist Rene Backmann. Backmann is a foreign affairs columnist for Le Nouvel Observateur.
The book tells the story of the Separation Wall in the West Bank, its history and devastating impact. The book puts a human face on this massive project, and shows what it has meant for people’s day to day lives. The excerpt below tells one of those stories. Terry Boullata is the principal of an elementary school in Abu Dis, a neighborhood in East Jerusalem that has been bisected by the Wall. The excerpt discusses how the Wall has impacted the school Boullata runs, and how it divides and disrupts the Palestinian families that end up in its path".
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