November 10, 2000

Security in the city was unbelievable in preparation for morning prayers at Al-Aqsa. This Friday, as the last few, Israeli security did not allow any Palestinian under the age of forty-five to enter Jerusalem.

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November 9, 2000

Our Journey to Jerusalem - the long-awaited saga. Our automatic you're-an-American-so-shalom-for three-months tourist visas were near their expiration, and so we were in contact with the Latin Patriarchate to acquire work visas.

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November 6, 2000

In recent days we've detected the odor of olives everywhere we go - when farmers take their olives to the press, they not only get the oil - they also get the solid and liquid waste matter.

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October 25, 2000

We hear word of fuller West Bank closures, as the Israeli military has surrounded major population centers. These closures can prevent people and goods from moving from one town to another. We and people here are all aware that Zababdeh relies on transportation with other West Bank towns and Israel for all of its water, electricity (that is, petrol for the village generator), and much food.

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