By Judith Keshet
It is a severe exploration of Israel's curfew-closure coverage within the Occupied Palestinian Territories during the eyes of CheckpointWatch, a company of Israeli ladies tracking human rights abuses. It combines observers' reviews from checkpoints and alongside the Separation Wall, with info and research of the forms assisting the continuing profession. It seriously reports CheckpointWatch's transformation from a feminist, radical protest circulation and analyzes Israeli media illustration of the association and of human rights activism normally.
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We came away that morning with a confusion of impressions: the harshness and the indescribable ugliness of the checkpoint setting, the evident distress and anxiety of those waiting to cross, the desperation of those using the bypass routes. For our part we had experienced the exhilaration of successfully ‘challenging the military’ and the empowering sense that we were going to succeed in our chosen role of observers. We felt no fear as lone Israelis amidst a Palestinian crowd. We were wary, though, of the potential threat presented by the edginess of the soldiers.
16 Not only is this policy geared to the dispossession and expulsion of Palestinians from Jerusalem, the very procedures for registering residency, family reunification, the birth of a child, the death of a parent, the application for a passport or laissez-passer are designed as a deterrent. 17 Here, as at the checkpoints and the DCLs, chaos and contempt rule. Only a limited number of people are seen each day. m. to ensure their place in line. Those who can, pay a tout to hold their spot in the queue.
Much has been written about the Occupation and the endless series of plans and road maps that seek to bring ‘peace’ or ‘end the Occupation’. One of the claims of this book is that Israeli interests, political, economic and strategic, are so bound up with possession of the territories as to make any viable, just solution to the conflict unlikely. A solution would imply recognition of legitimate Palestinian claims as equal to those of Israel. That recognition is sadly lacking at all levels of Israeli policy and discourse.