Archive for April, 2002

International Activists Reach the Door of the Church of the Nativity

Sunday, April 28th, 2002 | Posted in Journals, Jerusalem Region

By Larry Hales

We walked right in to Manger Square–”right through the front door.” The writer in me wants to create some suspense, but I am ecstatic–my heart continues to beat at the rate it was when we were walking through.

We were planning the night before and were planning around another demonstration led...

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Voices in the Wilderness

Wednesday, April 10th, 2002 | Posted in Journals, Ramallah Region

By Jeff Guntzel

We left for Ramallah yesterday morning. In order to enter the city, our little group had to avoid the Israeli checkpoint by walking (and sometimes running) through the brush just south of the checkpoint. Once we were safely inside the military zone, a taxi driver with whom we had made advance arrangements drove us about a...

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Witness To The Israeli Military - Is Adam Shapiro A Traitor?

Friday, April 5th, 2002 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Region

by Laura Flanders
Originally published by TomPaine.com

For days they’ve been calling one of my fellow New Yorkers “traitor.” For city dwellers who’ve been encouraged to feel pretty darn protective of one another, such dangerous talk comes...

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Adam Shapiro Ranks As a Mideast Hero

Thursday, April 4th, 2002 | Posted in Press clippings, Ramallah Region

by Sheryl McCarthy
Originally published in Newsday

Wherever Stuart Shapiro may be, he gets my vote for father of the year.

His son, Adam, is a Jewish child of Brooklyn who in the last few years has been living in the Mideast and advocating for the rights of Palestinians. Last week,...

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