June 4, 2002

School has been proceeding as normal as possible, but with constant Israeli incursions and pull-outs, it is impressive that the students from Jenin have only missed one day of exams. This morning, the students from Jenin and Qabatiya were late, waiting for an Israeli withdrawal. It came this morning, and the rest of the students waited for them before heading upstairs to the hall for exams.

We got to share some of our rich visits with our Zababdeh friends.

We shared some Damascus sweets and Iraqi dates with our fellow teachers who were both glad to see us and jealous of our mobility and ability to travel places they cannot go. We also shared with them the many, many words of solidarity and comfort to Palestine from the places we visited. It was stunning that, with the economic and political difficulties facing Lebanese and Syrians, they would continually turn Western minds towards Palestine and Iraq.