November 29, 2007 10:00 PM
From John Reilly on Nov.29
so we've been hear for about a day and a half and we've already met the
U.S. Consolat for the Palestinians, A man man who is fairly right wing,
Peace Now, A random Israeli man in the airport, and I met a Palestinian
teenage girl. its really interesting. for one thing, it seems pretty
evident that the Israelis and Palestinians both want peace and a Palestian
country. but the major problem is the Palestinian Authorities being
highjacked by Islamic Extremism,, or civil strife between Fattah and
Hamas. the psychological borders are also really fascinating, the city is
essentially divided into two sides, East and West Jerusalem. East is for
the Palestinians and west for the Jews. there is no law preventing them
from going to the other side and no real threat, but they al say it
"just awkward." Its all really amazing, and quite frankly hard
to fathom it being a real place. its so much different when your actually
there and meeting the people who actually experience what we always see on
the news. just incredible.
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