Nidal explains what his organization (1for3) has been doing every day, and the never-ending Israeli hassles it and its flock manage somehow to withstand.
As Nidal explains, the Aida refugee camp is an Israeli construct. Palestinians, robbed of their longtime homes, were pushed into camps like this. It’s under military occupation and constant threat of Israeli violence. Seventy years in, Israel’s leaders continue to pound its victims with lethal violence and theft. For example, fragmentation of the West Bank continues to grow, blocking Palestinian farmers from their farms, and robbing their precious water. Using weapons made in the USA, Israeli soldiers’ war training uses Palestinians as targets. Nidal himself was shot in the foot from an Israeli helicopter.
Nidal reports on two celebrated accomplishments by the Aida community, not yet destroyed by Israelis. One is a fabulous new school which has become famous for the excellence of its special ed program. Architect Hubert Murray (husband of our very own saint, Nancy Murray) played a major part in this project. The other was rooftop gardens, hindered however by more Israeli water theft.
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This Week in Palestine 7-17-2022
We sit down with Nidal Al Azraq, executive director of the organization 1for3, to discuss his work in the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem
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