October 21, 2000

Recent fires from local protests.

The Schools-On-Line project we were hoping to start with a school in Israel has had to be suspended. It seems Marthame's students are protesting against it because of the continued violence - three recent "martyrs" killed in Tulkarm were from nearby villages. There is too much water under the bridge at this point to start such a program with high school students - it is too difficult to simply forget and move on. There must be reconciliation, but there's a hard road ahead, and the groundwork for interpersonal relationships was not laid in time to move forward in this difficult climate.