Land issues

Part of the induction talk at Dar Assadaqa - discussing what has happened to Palestinian land. A visit to Battir underlined the point. Much of their land (in the distance here) was taken by Israel in 1948 - some of it they still cultivate. The rest was occupied in 1968... Here you can see the Palestinian olive trees on the bit in "1967" and the forest planted over destroyed villages in "1948"

pics from the first day...

the first evening + Shuma at the mosque + the great women's centre that we saw on the first day...

Here we are!

We have decided to take it in turns to write the blog and it isn't my turn! But I wanted to see something on here so this is just to say

HURRAY Everyone is here now! It is being interesting and emotional and useful so far, and it is lovely to be with this group! X Nandita