7:19 AM Too exhausted to think. Very long night...as I provided medical support to the IDF and Chomesh marchers/settlers. Will update later.
8:44 PM What am I bringing to Chomesh?
Camera. Check.
VideoCamera Check.
Hot Tea for Elchonon. Check.
Blanket and inhaler for neighbor. Check.
Warm clothes for me...check. Off to bed. Getting up at 11:50 PM...
7:45 PM OK everyone - expect a full report in the AM...with pictures. I've gotten official clearance to go. Bye!
5:57 PM UPDATE: Having gotten a few phone calls about this post, here is a clarification!!!!
I, Jameel, am not (yet) in Chomesh...this is being relayed via SMS and phone calls by friends who are there now. I'm sick...but may go this evening in any event. We'll see.
Over 5000 people reported there so far! Galei Tzahal reports that an Israeli flag was burned there. However, from eyewitness reports, Israeli flags are being WAVED there....(and A7 has it as well).
Will update soon.
--Jameel.
4:08 PM Chomesh! I'm crying, cut, burned and bruised. I made it! (I can barely type this in...)
3:52 PM Just got a call from a neighbor. He's at Shavei Shomron and starting his march now. I told him to take pictures, and he got so upset for forgetting his camera, that he wanted to hang up! Luckily, Elchonon is taking lots of pictures as I remind him every few minutes.
Other reports indicate over 20 buses of people have arrived so far, over 1000 people there, over 1000 on their way, with more arriving at the Shavei Shomron "springboard" from all over the country...details coming within the hour.
3:47 PM We are walking straight up the mountain...Chomesh is in clear view.
3:41 PM "We are walking up the mountain...15 minutes left. The [people pushing] strollers stayed on the road [on their march]. Guys and Donkeys are [going up the mountain, not on the main road], carrying rubber pipes and canvas [for tents]."
3:35 PM Elchonon reports that he has 3 kilometers left till he reaches Chomesh. He estimates that almost half the people marching are chilonim (secular) Israelies. He just passed a 70 year woman who is walking as well.
IDF jeeps pass by in both directions, keeping watch on the marchers, securing the road.
3:15 PM Marching on the road to Chomesh, Elchonon has just passed ad abandoned gas station. I remember this gas station clearly from the times I used to drive to Chomesh.
8:44 PM What am I bringing to Chomesh?
Camera. Check.
VideoCamera Check.
Hot Tea for Elchonon. Check.
Blanket and inhaler for neighbor. Check.
Warm clothes for me...check. Off to bed. Getting up at 11:50 PM...
7:45 PM OK everyone - expect a full report in the AM...with pictures. I've gotten official clearance to go. Bye!
5:57 PM UPDATE: Having gotten a few phone calls about this post, here is a clarification!!!!
I, Jameel, am not (yet) in Chomesh...this is being relayed via SMS and phone calls by friends who are there now. I'm sick...but may go this evening in any event. We'll see.
Over 5000 people reported there so far! Galei Tzahal reports that an Israeli flag was burned there. However, from eyewitness reports, Israeli flags are being WAVED there....(and A7 has it as well).
Will update soon.
--Jameel.
4:08 PM Chomesh! I'm crying, cut, burned and bruised. I made it! (I can barely type this in...)
3:52 PM Just got a call from a neighbor. He's at Shavei Shomron and starting his march now. I told him to take pictures, and he got so upset for forgetting his camera, that he wanted to hang up! Luckily, Elchonon is taking lots of pictures as I remind him every few minutes.
Other reports indicate over 20 buses of people have arrived so far, over 1000 people there, over 1000 on their way, with more arriving at the Shavei Shomron "springboard" from all over the country...details coming within the hour.
3:47 PM We are walking straight up the mountain...Chomesh is in clear view.
3:41 PM "We are walking up the mountain...15 minutes left. The [people pushing] strollers stayed on the road [on their march]. Guys and Donkeys are [going up the mountain, not on the main road], carrying rubber pipes and canvas [for tents]."
3:35 PM Elchonon reports that he has 3 kilometers left till he reaches Chomesh. He estimates that almost half the people marching are chilonim (secular) Israelies. He just passed a 70 year woman who is walking as well.
IDF jeeps pass by in both directions, keeping watch on the marchers, securing the road.
3:15 PM Marching on the road to Chomesh, Elchonon has just passed ad abandoned gas station. I remember this gas station clearly from the times I used to drive to Chomesh.
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