A land without Arabs

[vierundzwanzig]

Israel's policy of land grab turns viable neighbourhoods into ghost towns. Jerry Levin* writes from Hebron

Every time my wife and I leave Palestine and Israel and head for home -- when our visas are about to run out -- we hope that things won't get worse here while we are back in the United States; but sadly we know they will. And, sure enough, they do.

Similarly, when we come back from the US after travelling to cities and towns talking and writing about the seriously deteriorating security situation in Palestine, we hope that things won't get worse once we get back to the territories; but sadly we know they will.

And they do.

Trying to characterise what happened here this past winter and spring, a Palestinian friend said, "While you were gone, this was a time of sadness."

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/652/re1.htm