Israeli Women Monitor Army Checkpoints

[Resistance]

I guess Israeli women can now be considered "anti-semites"?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-3486490,00.html

QALANDIYA, West Bank (AP) - An Israeli woman ran toward a soldier, warning him not to hit a Palestinian teen he had just slammed against a fence at a West Bank roadblock.

The soldier relaxed his grip and eventually let the teen go - another small victory for 53-year-old Sara Alimi, a volunteer for Checkpoint Watch, a group of about 300 Israeli women who seek to stop what they say are abuses by troops at dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.

Every week, the women fan out, armed with menthol cream to treat the effects of tear gas, and mobile phones to complain to senior commanders about conduct at the checkpoints.

Their efforts aren't universally welcomed in Israel.

[el_gato]

1. if the world is to be saved

it will be the women that do it

this is wonderful

[Resistance]

5. could be

the men haven't done such a good job so far have they?

[mmm]

2. That is great news!

[tinnypriv]

3. Yeah. this is the same thing I mentioned earlier, Resis.

http://www.machsomwatch.org

"Machsom" is checkpoint - i.e. Checkpoint Watch. Interestingly, the Palestinians use the Hebrew word too. One of the facets of Occupation I guess.

[Resistance]

4. thanks for the link

it is sickening how these humanist groups are so efficiently marginalized