Two Canadians have arrived in the occupied Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem and the West Bank…two sojourners within 33 global citizens in EAPPI Group 45…one, a dear friend of a number of years, Dawn, who has been placed in Bethlehem (9.6 km from where I lived in 2010-2011 – click here)…one, a new friend within the past month, Natalie, who has been placed in Jayyous (close to Qalqiliya on this map – click here; more info here)…

I invite you to visit both of their blogs and subscribe (look on the right-hand side of the blogs and click “Follow”) for the postings that they will be writing between now and early December 2012. Click here for Dawn’s blog and here for Natalie’s blog. Click here for EAPPI’s August newsletter.

Bethlehem through the bars of an Israeli checkpoint – 16 Dec. 2010 – Photo: Sherry Ann