"Another farmer, Muhamed, shared through tears at a recent seminar that every morning before he leaves for his fields, he says goodbye to his wife and children as though it might be the last time. This is because of the settlers. “Each day I fear I will not come home alive,” he told Palestinian and Israeli activists who stood with him. CfP activists Jamil and Sayel were there, and the weight of that daily fear hung heavy among everyone present." #Westbank
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Our activists at CfP are standing with these farmers week after week, so they are not left alone in the face of violence. As Israeli activist Elie put it: “The farmers are holding on with unimaginable courage. Our role is to stand beside them so they never have to face this violence alone.”
That commitment runs deep across the movement. On Friday, August 15th, students from the fifth cohort of CfP’s Palestinian Freedom School delivered two water tanks to the village of Al-Walajeh, taking action to help ensure families have what they need to persist.
And yet, even as CfP delivers water and provides protection, CfP’s Palestinian activists endure deprivation in their own homes. Sayel, CfP’s Palestinian campaigns coordinator who lives in #Ramallah, is supposed to receive water twice a week. But last Thursday, nothing came. His family’s tanks are empty. They cannot cook or shower, and must spend what little they have on bottled water.
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