Update Feb ruary 16, 2003
Great news folks... The army hits again... of course for military purposes only and for the sake of security for a state who will never feel secure even in a prison that it creates itself... Any way, here is the news:
Yesterday, the Israeli army distributed documents on some families on the northern side of Aida camp. These documents contained a military order of confiscation of lands (18000 square meters) for military purposes. These documents were provided with maps and definition of the lands to be confiscated in view of the new road for the colonizers to reach the mosque of Bilal Ibn Rabah, alias Rachel Tomb. This confiscation would include a part of the northern borders of Bethlehem Municipality lands, which goes in parallel of about half the camp from the Easter side.
The order was signed by the commander of the Israeli army in the west bank Moshé Keplinsky...
So is it good news or bad news? What are we going to do about that?
May be we will weep a little bit, then we will become used to the idea, as usual... what do you think?
If you want to see the maps, I'll just scan them and hang them on a wall somewhere and say to myself: Once upon a time... Once upon a dream...
AbdelFattah Abu-Srour
posted by AbdelFattah at 3:17 PM
