It was the Mark Thomas show tonight, with his inimitable way of telling the tale, as he talked of his walk along the Palestinian Wall. It was funny, moving, and really brought home what was happening, and how those involved were real human beings. Maureen Rigg, who valiantly was part of the stall selling Fairtrade oil, olives and other goods tells it in a way I am not going to try to repeat, so do look at her blog.
The stories of the Palestinian children going to school really hurt. In one village they had to go down the hill, through a tunnel, and up again. It sounds a good idea to have a tunnel to get over a main road - but that tunnel turns into a sewerage channel when it rains, and they are "lucky" to have a step so as not to have to walk in the raw sewerage. Another set of children have to walk past youths throwing stones at them.
A huge contrast to our children here, where some are taken almost into the school gate by car to protect them. And some that have to go through unimaginable danger and trauma.
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