[not much today, but this is a short update of Steve's activity, relayed through a friend]

Just got of the phone with Steve. It's around 8 on Saturday morning.

He was at a checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, on his way
back to Jerusalem.

He is meeting a Palestinian American friend who is arriving at Ben
Gurion, and they will spend the night in the friends village. Then
they will go to Ramallah tomorrow, and finally to Nablus.

There is serious need for internationals in Nablus, where there are a
lot of home demolitions going on.

Steve says the training in Bethlehem was very good, and that folks
heard shelling last night from the hotel in Bethlehem.

That's all for now. Things are mostly still just logistics at the
moment.