Today was our second day of tree planting - it's hard work, but the group is excellent and works well so we finish quickly. They have only had 3 days of rain here since the beginning of October (and this is meant to be the wet season here) so things have been very tough - when it comes to planting and growing trees for one. But secondly when it comes to us having running water here. Palestinians here often rely on rainwater collectors for their water (as the water pumping plants for the natural aquifers are under Israeli control, and most of the water is diverted to settlements or into Israel proper.) Also, electricity here is very expensive (like London now I guess!!) so the house we're staying in gets hot water from the sun heating the system through the day. So, in short, I've been having very short very cold showers each morning!
There is new graffiti on the Separation Wall. Blu (I think he's a Spanish writer - did a real world stop motion animation vid around a city which you should check out) - he's done a new piece in Aida refugee camp. The famous Banksy pieces are still in tact, but with many additions. But just two weeks ago, some nutter American got a roller and blue paint and painted a line the entire length of the wall - going over all the artwork and writing on the wall, inc. the banksy pieces. I asked a local - apparently he was very angry and was shouting 'fuck the wall' as he went. We were told he wanted to cancel out the art - I guess he may have a point - some people see the art and forget the reality of a 9m concrete wall that's creating ghettos for palestinians.
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