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The Checkpoint Women of Israel

Machsom Watch advocates for fair treatement of Palestinians, drawing both resentment and respect from their countrymen

By Robert Hirschfield

Daphne Banai, 57, carries many dark tales, like the one she tells of pleading futilely with an Israeli soldier on behalf of a 78-year-old Palestinian man not allowed through to his village, though his papers were in order, because of closure. “What you see,” says Banai, a leader of Machsom (Checkpoint) Watch, who monitors the treatment of Palestinians at the… return to article

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    I suspect the checkpoints will end when the Palestinian suicide bombers end their efforts to kill women and children.

    United States Posted by chopper on Jun 9, 2007 at 4:21 PM
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