Rachel Saperstein
Our community phone message system is in operation most of the day. Notices of prayer meetings, protest gatherings, organized meetings between soldiers and settlers, births, deaths, controlled explosions, ‘take cover’ because of Arab bombardment, ‘return to normal’ (or what passes for normal here)… all these and more are reported to us.
But most frightening of all was the notification last night that police and soldiers were scouring the Gush Katif communities to round up Jews who are labeled illegals – those who entered without permission, or stayed beyond the time permitted on their permits.   
“The police have no search warrants” the voice on the phone from the Local Council tells us, “don’t let them into your home.”
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