A visit to Mufaqara

At the beginning of Route 60 along the fence, empty of cars. (Police ban). Beyond Gate 11, several vehicles.

We turned onto Road 317. Before Zanuta on the left, 2 JNF bulldozers are working to prepare the area.

It is sowing season so on either side of the road a tractor is seen every few miles. A farmer plowing his land. The road is empty of vehicles and everything looks pastoral (of course it only seems so).

Near Mneizel are several plots planted with olive trees.

The destination was a visit to Fadel and Hadra.

Before descending to the right towards their house in the village, in front of Abigail, Fadel Hadera and their son sat and next to them a donkey with a simple plow next to it. It turns out that they plow some pieces of land belonging to them to sow barley. A few meters away on the hill, a shed and next to it a large loudspeaker, soldiers and officers, uniformed policemen and civilians. An officer with the rank of major calls Fadel and demands that he not cultivate a small plot, falsely claiming that it is not his territory. I wonder how he knows. Just to clarify, these are strips of land, it's not really a large area. We could not understand what this gathering meant, but within half an hour, convoys of vehicles arrived, including a jeep that we identified as a government minister. Later, we understood from the evening news that it was Omer Bar-Lev, the Minister of Internal Security. It was reported that the police commissioner was also present at the meeting. The meeting was also joined by a young couple of settlers, with their infant son.

We dropped off big bags at Padel's house with clothes, games, shoes, toys