[I am reposting an old essay by Art Gish, who was killed two weeks ago in a farming accident on his farm in Athens County, Ohio. — George Hartley]
January 21, 2004
Just over a year ago, on Christmas day, 2002, Israeli soldiers constructed a
high fence and gate on our street right beside our door in Hebron, cutting
off access to Shuhada Street for us and everyone else in the Chicken Market.
We then had to walk two blocks north to get to Shuhada Street and come back
down the street to walk south on that street from our apartment.
Local peace activist and farmer Art Gish, perhaps best known for making repeated pilgrimages to Palestine’s West Bank to advocate for peace, was killed in a farming accident Wednesday morning.
