Diary
Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005
Day of
Action in Jayyous Against the Destruction of Village Land
as witnessed by Ecumenical Accompaniers
Helle Preisler, Andy Hall, Christoph Gocke and by Mirjam
Müller
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Please, credit them to "Helle Preisler (EAPPI)" (H), "Andy
Hall" (EAPPI) (A),
"Christoph Gocke (EAPPI)" (C) or "Mirjam
Müller" (M).
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you.
Abu Azzam, farmer and Jayyous
representative of the Land Defence Committee, welcomes the guests. (Photo:
H)
Jamil Salim, one of the two
owners of the olive grove, which was uprooted about one month earlier. (Photo:
M)
Mustafa Almalki, Palestinian
Governor of Qalqilia Governorate, adresses the audience, while Luisa
Morgantini, Member of the European Parliament, listens. (Photo: M)
The Jayyous townhall was
too small to host all local and international guests. (Photo: H)
Christoph Gocke, Ecumanenical
Accompanier from Germany, describes the first day of the uprooting that
began on thursday, Dec. 9, 2004. (Photo: M)
Tawfik Salim, brother of
Jamil and second owner of the olive grove. (Photo: M)
Gretta Duisenberg,
Chairwoman of "Stop the Occupation" in the Netherlands, is rejected access
to the farmland at the southern Jayyous gate of the fence by Israeli
soldiers. (Photo: H)
Andy Hall, Ecumenical
Accompanier from the United Kingdom, monitors the situation as... (Photo:
C)
... a new olive tree is
planted and adopted by Gretta Duisenberg, wife of Wim Duisenberg, former
chairman of the European Central Bank. (Photo: H)
(Photo: C)
(Photo: A)
Presently in Jayyous for
the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI):
Helle Preisler (Denmark), Andy Hall (United Kingdom) and Christoph Gocke
(Germany) (Photo: M)
Uprooting of Olive Trees in Jayyous
