Hello everyone. The past week since my last update has been a chaotic one. My program took us up north for 3 days so that we could see more of the country, which involved learning more about the conflict between Palestinian Israelis and the government, as well as hiking, and rafting. We also got the opportunity to learn more about… Read more →
Category: Palestinian conflict
A Brief comment on the situation in Israel
This post is a simple update on the situation here in Israel. As I am sure many of you have seen the past few days have been extremely violent, with 4 people dead and several more injured on the Israeli side. I am nowhere near where these incidents have occurred (one was in the West Bank and the other was… Read more →
The West Bank, A commentary on the bullseye of the Middle East
My program has done an incredible job of providing us with speakers who represent both sides of the conversation when it comes to the Israeli Palestinian conflict (especially when considering that a large portion of funding for participants comes from Israeli tax dollars). And in order to do this they must take us into situations that might not be… Read more →
The first three days
Hello everyone, The past few days have been chaotic and exciting, a pair of emotions that I did not think would mash up well (but surprisingly have). I arrived in Tel Aviv on the 31st of August, and found some people from my program, Jill and Alex, at the airport. Together we took a sheirut, or shared taxi for those… Read more →