October 2008
CPT Hebron project to close after thirteen years.
by Tarek Abuata, Palestine Support Coordinator

 

CPT regretfully had to make the hard decision to close the Hebron team site.  We have been suffering with an inadequate number of full-time CPTers on this team for months. 

I would especially like to express my gratitude for the loving spirit of our partners in Palestine/Israel with which they've always welcomed us.  Since 1995, we've shed many tears of sadness and joy with them, and we've dipped our fingers into many maqloobeh platters together.  Palestinians say "whoever lives forty days with a community becomes one of them."  We've spent more than 4000 days in Hebron, and we've always felt the incredible love and hospitality of the Palestinian community.  We are truly a family, because we've always helped each other as sisters and brothers.  

We continue to be committed to Palestine.  A strong CPT project in At-Tuwani continues to partner with the Palestinian communities of the Southern Hebron Hills in their nonviolence efforts.  We also have a committee exploring possibilities for collaborating with other significant Palestinian nonviolent efforts.  It is our hope that these efforts lay the groundwork for a healthy rebirthing of additional CPT work either in Hebron or elsewhere in Palestine when and if long term full-time staffing permits.