2) Major Confrontation with Israeli Settlers - Nonviolence Prevails - 10/16 and 10/17, 2002 - Yasuf, West Bank
Four local Boston-area people-Karen, John, Phil, and Susan-are part of a 13-person ISM group in Yasuf (Salfit district, north of Ramallah). Additional Boston-area delegates are about to join the campaign. The following report - for BostontoPalestine - was composed after phone calls.
Wednesday, 10/16/02 Testing the Waters - Yasuf village, West Bank
This morning, villagers from Yasuf and 13 internationals from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) walked to the olive orchards located near the Israeli settlement, TapHuac. On the way to the olive orchards we heard gunshots, and soon people were running toward us, warning us that the settlers were shooting-from a nearby hilltop. We internationals headed toward the gunshots and made
visual contact with a handful of settlers. They stood on the hill above us with their machine guns, shooting over the heads of the Palestinians harvesting in the fields. We tried to speak to them, saying, "We are here in peace." They said, "We are here in peace too," then threw rocks at us and fired shots over our heads.
Four local Boston-area people-Karen, John, Phil, and Susan-are part of a 13-person ISM group in Yasuf (Salfit district, north of Ramallah). Additional Boston-area delegates are about to join the campaign. The following report - for BostontoPalestine - was composed after phone calls.
Wednesday, 10/16/02 Testing the Waters - Yasuf village, West Bank
This morning, villagers from Yasuf and 13 internationals from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) walked to the olive orchards located near the Israeli settlement, TapHuac. On the way to the olive orchards we heard gunshots, and soon people were running toward us, warning us that the settlers were shooting-from a nearby hilltop. We internationals headed toward the gunshots and made
visual contact with a handful of settlers. They stood on the hill above us with their machine guns, shooting over the heads of the Palestinians harvesting in the fields. We tried to speak to them, saying, "We are here in peace." They said, "We are here in peace too," then threw rocks at us and fired shots over our heads.