The Articles and Journals of Ann Wright
Ann Wright has volunteered in Palestine and Israel as an Ecumenical Accompanier on two occasions. First, for three months between February and May of 2006 and then, for another three months between August and November of 2009. The Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is an initiative of the World Council of Churches. It was set up in March 2001 after the United States had vetoed three attempts to pass resolutions in the UN Security Council to send an international force to protect Palestinian civilians. After the third veto, the WCC responded to an appeal by the Churches in Jerusalem to send international volunteers to monitor the conflict. Since then, over 700 EAs from seventeen countries have joined the project. 75 of them have been from Britain and Ireland where the project is administered by the Society of Friends (Quakers). Although mostly Christian, EAs come from other faiths, or none at all. EAPPI’s aim is to support Palestinian and Israeli organisations working in non violent ways to end the Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, and to seek a just and lasting settlement of the conflict in accordance with international law and UN resolutions. The following journals are an account of what Ann experienced living first in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and then in East Jerusalem. She also travelled to other cities throughout the West Bank, and spent time in Israel.
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