November 13, 2000

Monday we joined the French Consular team ;-) early in the morning on our way to Zababdeh. We were first pulled over by Israeli police, stopped, questioned, and let go. When we asked if there was a problem, they replied, "no, no problem." Then we were questioned again at the Israeli crossing point, as streams of settler vehicles going to work headed the other way. Again, we were permitted to go after being questioned for a while. It gets tiring, but it was good to be back.

Back “home” amid Zababdeh’s olive trees.

Many of the students wanted to know where we had been on Saturday. Apparently there was a rumor that we had left for the States. When we said we were getting visas, they asked if they were exit visas. Everyone seemed happy and relieved to have us here - and that was true for us, too.