Today we managed to attend two demonstrations organized by residents of Wad Rahhal and Al-Ma’sara. In the former, the military ‘intelligence” officer named ‘Fadi’ came to check things out. This is the same guy who told me before my trip to the US last March that I should not leave. The morning after I left, Israeli army came in the middle of the night and surrounded my house ostensibly looking to arrest me. In today’s demonstration he first tried to discredit me by claiming ‘friendship’ and ‘closeness’ (those in attendance knew this tactic). Then he tried verbal threats and intimidation. While his soldiers prevented us from getting to where my car was parked, he made a point of driving to it within view of us and “checking it out” (we have video). When the demonstration was finished, we saw that what he scribbled was the word ‘Hamas’ on the car (I guess he did not realize I am not Muslim). As we drove to the other demonstration he followed. Unlike in Wad Rahhal, the peop...