It has been quite an eye opening week in Gaza

It has been quite an eye opening week in Gaza.

Things here are far worse than I ever imagined. After having seen what
I have seen it is clear to me who are the "terrorists" and who are the
victims. The Palestinian people live under an overwhelming occupation
that restricts their freedom of movement, of statement, and their very
right to live. I have visited new houses where peopel cannot live because
the nearby Israeli settlement has shot at them so much that they look
like swiss cheese.

Today we had to wait from 7:30 in the morning to around 7pm just to cross
a street. Yes, I said to cross a street. what happens is that Gaza
is actually sliced up into different parts by "Jewish only" roads. We
wanted to get from the southern part of Gaza back up to Gaza city, but
the only road that takes us there is intersected by one of these settler
roads. (by the way, in the Gaza strip there are 4,000 Jewish settlers
who live on 48% of the land, and 1.3 million Palestinians who live on
52% of it. And all the settlements are built in the best strategic areas
and have the best water.)