Monday 18 June 2007

Hilltop Youth


Standing precariously close to the edge of the mountain, the two boys gazed down at the town below them as they waved their outsized flags with pride. But they weren’t a couple of valiant explorers who had successfully scaled a previously unconquered peak, and they weren’t inviting the villagers below to share their sense of jubilation. What they were, instead, were two religious settler youths who’d come back to the abandoned settlement of Homesh and were taunting the townspeople below with the Star of David. Why? To, in their words, “show them that we’re back – and that we’re not going anywhere”... (read on at commentisfree)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow that is so sad, how come the world doesn't know the truth? It hurts me to see people that are aware of every single issue we have in society today, but this has been an issue for over 50 years and no1 is aware? Or do they turn a blind eye?