Nonviolent Ways Project
Israel-Palestine Journey 2001


Nonviolent Ways Project coordinators Wes Rehberg and Eileen Robertson-Rehberg traveled throughout Israel and Palestine during January 2001 to meet with peace groups and those struggling for peace in this region of the Mideast.

Their snapshot reports appear on this page and on the following pages:
* Jerusalem-Bethlehem-Galilee
* Sabeel Ecumenical Center
* September 2001 Palestinian images

HEBRON:
Hebron is one of the most strife-ridden cities in Palestine, where 400 Jewish settlers are guarded by 2,500 Israeli military. The 119,000 Palestinians are divided into two sectors, H1 and H2, and have been under military siege for decades. It is home to the presumed burial sites of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebecca, Jacob and Leah, sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

 Palestinian market greeting in Hebron
Shell holes, below, from Israeli government attacks pockmark a building in Hebron's H1 market area.
Hebron - Israeli shell holes in the Palestinian market		 Christian Peacemaker Teams' Pierre Schantz, above and below, greets and chats with Palestinians in Hebron's H2 sector open marketplace.
Hebron - Palestinian open market conversations
400 Jewish settlers live in a zone, below, guarded by 2,500 Israeli military in the city of 119,000 Palestinians.
Zone of Jewish settlers in Hebron		 The Temporary International Presence in Hebron has not been an effective deterrent to outbreaks of violence on either side.
Temporary International Presence in Hebron
Scars from an assassin's bullets mark columns, below, in the Ibriham Mosque from a 1994 attack by a Jewish settler that killed 29 Muslims while at worship.
Hebron's Ibriham Mosque -- columns' bullet marks from '94 massacre		 A Muslim, below, prays in the Ibriham Mosque on the second holiest site in Palestine-Israel for Muslims and Jews, marking the burial place of key biblical figures. Adjoining is a synagogue.
Hebron -- at prayer in Ibriham Mosque
Anita Fast and Art Gisch, left, and Ann Montgomery are part of the Christian Peacemaker Teams presence in Hebron. Below them is a rubber coated bullet fired by Israeli military at Palestinians.
Christian Peacemaker Teams' Anita Fast and Art Gisch Ann Montgomery, Christian Peacemakers in Hebron







Rubber bullet fired by Israeli military in Hebron 		Despite sharp outbreaks and continuing tension, life goes on at a Palestinian falafel stand in the H2 market.
Hebron - falafel stand in Palestinian market
 

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