the skunk. we are in this crowd headed back from the sprigs bear year because of the israel water gun cannon that sprays "skunk juice," the stuff smells horrible and we have all these people runningback here because of the tanker. the tear gas is starting to take hold and you can see a lot of the people walking back. eyes are watering. your throat is burning. a lot of people are coughing. i am having a hard time keeping my eyes open. it is hard to see and you can see why the israelis use this to drive the crowds back from the separation barrier. you can see the gas go off against the kids who were throwing rocks again the soldiers on a different part of the separation barrier. in one village they say that the separation barrier has cut them off from their fields and 3 1/2 years ago they went to the israeli supreme court, the israeli supreme court ordered the army to move the fence, and 3 1/2 years it hasn't happened and the army says that will happen in march, and of course