Imagine Al-Nu'eman
Since the erection of the Separation Wall in 2004, this "technical blunder" has turned their life into a nightmare—they are trapped between Jerusalem, which they are prohibited from entering, being West Bank residents, and the separation wall, which severs them from the rest of the occupied West Bank. Their only connection with the outside world is through a checkpoint manned by armed guards. To go to school, to work, to buy groceries, they depend on the whims of the soldiers in this checkpoint. No one is permitted through other than the inhabitants of the village - no grandson can visit his grandmother, no doctor can tend to the sick, no young newlyweds can come to set up home in their family's village. Al-Nu'man has become a prison under the sky. At the same time, expansion of the Jewish settlement of Har Homa and the planned Jerusalem ring road will skirt the village to the west and east, demolishing yet more homes. The state of Israel will stop at nothing to be rid of this unwanted Palestinian village. This is the story of Al-Nu'man. The inhabitants have done all they can to fight their village's imprisonment and recently appealed to the Israeli High Court, where the case is still pending. They are in desperate need of world-wide support. Please take 5 minutes to write to your representative in parliament and your country's representative in Israel. |