Tag Archives: Awarta

Critical Reading

Posted on July 7, 2009 by yaara

(This post was published in Hebrew on July 1st. Its translation was delayed due to technical problems – Aryeh) I went today (June 30) on a tour following Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff’s report (Haaretz, June 24, 2009) that following … Continue reading →

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Some Sheep and a Tortoise

Posted on March 1, 2009 by yaara

  This post is a sequel to the previous one.        A new checkpoint on the apartheid road leading to Beit Furik, on the Awarta junction. Two concrete fences are blocking the passageway, two soldiers check identification documents … Continue reading →

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Checkpoint 101: with photos

Posted on February 11, 2009 by yaara

      At first, the soldiers called the detention facility “Jorah” (an Arab word meaning pithole, used in colloquial Hebrew for sewage). Every checkpoint has its Jorah. It is a quadrangular concrete fence, of various sizes, according to what … Continue reading →

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