Jerusalem is often the scene for protests, some of which make the news,
such as the protest about Egged bus routes in Mea Shearim.
Another protest are these photos of several famous Israeli women,
including Golda Meir, without their faces showing.
A lone protester with a sign
and a cause is a common sight and usually ignored by the media.
Ramat Gilad is far from the center of Jerusalem,
but last week a new protest tent was set up where Gilad Shalit’s family had been.
Gilad Zar was killed by terrorists in 2001.
His family started a new neighborhood, Ramat Gilad,
over looking Karnei Shomron, in his memory.
Plans were approved by the Housing Ministry for 185 units in 2003,
today there are 10 families, about 30 people living on the hilltop.
The organization Peace Now petitioned the court to destroy Ramat Gilad.
The Zar family did not stay in Jerusalem for long.
The media did not report their cause or their search for a compromise.
Now each night they are afraid the army will come to destroy their homes.
A “settlement” home… no this is in Gan Sacher, Sacher Park.
In the center of Jerusalem there are illegal buildings,
in the southern Israel there were more rockets from Gaza today,
but Peace Now is worried about Gilad.
