ABSTRACT
Saturday we went to an anti-Wall demonstration sponsored by Ta’ayush, an Arab and Jewish Israeli grassroots partnership and movement. The demonstration took place in A’ram, a town between Jerusalem and Ramallah, normally ninety minutes from Haris, but this time it took us that long just to get out of the Salfit region. For the first hour, our bus was stopped nearly every mile by soldiers in the middle of the road blocking traffic and searching Palestinians. As usual, yellow-plated Israeli cars were allowed to pass unhindered. These obstructions are like normal checkpoints, but they are mobile, meaning they can be anywhere at any time. They are called “flying checkpoints” and can hold Palestinians up just as long as permanent ones.
