Day 3: Inside Gaza

Once inside Gaza, I let Yoav do the talking. We made our way past a few more military checkpoints, and closed roads to get to Nezer Hazani. It was very hot, and thankfully I had a trunk full of water that we shared, and detailed maps which were handy.
The color of the anti-disengagement is orange. Once at the settlements orange was everywhere children put orange ribbons on army trucks. At the settlement Nazer Hazani protesters blocked the entrance to the settlement with barbed wire and car tires. It was a standoff between Police and the settlers, anyone from Oakland would find the event pretty casual. An moment I found peculiar, the police spoke to the protesters with a bull horn, then handed the bull horn to the protesters to speak to the police. Yoav and I entered the settlement and shot from both sides, there was quite a few press there and it didn't feel like the confrontation was going to escalate, today. The settlers have until Wednesday to leave. Yoav and I traveled to two other settlements Qatif, and Ganei Tal and it was pretty much the same thing. I shot with my digital camera, and medium format 6x7 film. It was intense. We left, I dropped Yoav off at his car, and now I am in the resort town of Ashqelon.
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