Nick strolling along the cliff path, from the monastery to Jericho

Jericho in the distance

Michael - wondering about in the desert, brandishing a guitar. As you do.

Dinner at Abed Nasser's place. Note beautiful t-shirt of Michael - a gift from our hosts.

Manic Dubka dancing with Argillah smoking marathon runners in Jericho

Nick and Michael at St George's Monastery, Wadi Qilt

Gillingham Olive Trees

Um Salamona Protest, Friday March 10th

Building the Wall at Um Salamona

Villagers gather on Friday to pray and protest. Their orchards are being bulldozed and 70 % of their land will be behind the wall, annexed to Efrat settlement

They march the route the wall will take through their lands, before dispersing peacefully. Many families, dependent on agriculture, will be ruined and impoverished.

Second international Olive Tree Planting Day - March 3rd 2007

Report at:

http://www.jai-pal.org/content.php?page=490

The land owner, Johnny Ateek (left) has lost 50 dunums of land since the construction of the fence. 200 of his trees were bulldozed to make way for the fence and military road; many more are now out of reach on the other side.

Nachy and I plant an olive tree

The fence around Har Homa has annexed hundreds of dumums of prime agricultural land and thousands of olive trees. Bethlehem farmers were initially told they would be allowed to access their land via a gate in the fence, but this has not materialized. Instead they are scarcely allowed to approach the fence, even on the land that remains to them.

Abu Gnaim (Har Homa Settlement), and an Israeli Occupation Force Jeep on the military road beside the fence.

Spring flowers and razor wire by the 'Security Fence' on Olive Tree Planting Day

Monkey Mating Rituals

Making a Pie

Pie is tasty
Pie is good
If you don't like Pie
Then you should!

Excavations at the Dome of the Rock in Al Quds - the cause of all the trouble......

Permanent road block across Hebron's main street - leads up to the checkpoint into the old city centre where there is a Settlement.

Stone throwers

Fruit anybody?.........

Israeli soldiers in an alleyway in Hebron

A rubber coated bullet - suspect these still sting a bit.

An admirer....

Bonnie Prince Billy - anti-folk hero; at a gig in a very strange building in Jerusalem - a sort of multi-story car park converted into a shopping mall with a theatre tucked away among sexshops in the basement......

Planting trees - ruthless self-publicism!

International Olive Tree Planting Day 2007

Loading trees onto trucks at the YMCA office in Beit Sahour










Ein Al Qassis area near Al Khader, where the trees were planted

International volunteers, planting trees

Donkey carrying olive trees to the field

Olive tree donors' plaques at the YMCA - these get placed in the fields with the trees when they are planted

New Year at Rose Cottage, Crowdecote.

Jollifications

Going about...