About 7:45PM we
received a call the occupation soldiers had occupied a balcony
against the wishes of the owner. As we approached three of them
came down stair to meet us and told us we had no business there. The
owner of the property told them we were his friends. So we walked up
behind the soldiers.
At the top of the
stairs we found that there were 7 soldiers in an unfinished part of
the house. They told us they had permission to be there. The family
that lives there told us that they had in the past seen the soldiers
coming and blocked their way. But this time the soldiers made it in
the common door. There are 10 people including 3 children that live
in the house. They said not only was it scary having the soldier
force their way in, but they were talking loudly and saying bad words
when there were children there.
We stationed ourself
between the door the room the soldiers were using and the door to the
rest of the house. They told us that there was a military line at
the door we could not cross. We sat down in the hall, the owners
brought out chairs for us to sit there. Some of us deliberately sat
blocking the doorway with our backs to the soldiers. We talked about
Danish cooking. At every step we checked with the land owners to be
sure we were doing what they wanted. After about 10 minutes the
soldiers decided to leave. The land owners then invited us into the
other part of their house and served us tea with many thanks.
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| the house |
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| the back stairs they entered without permission |
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| the hall we squoze into, 6 internatioals, 6 residents, 6 soldiers |
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