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Many times when we meet with speakers or groups to discuss the Israel-Palestinian conflict they ask us where we would start if it was our job to solve the conflict (assuming you can solve it). Usually it comes down to two options, if you can solve Jerusalem you can solve the conflict, or save Jerusalem […] I feel like wherever we go places, I always notice the things we don’t talk about. Like today: almost every building we entered into, whether it be a restaurant, school, the home of the mayor, or just a home, there was a photo of the Dome of the Rock hung up, usually in a nice […] Over the past two or so weeks, I have spent a lot of time looking at signs. Perhaps because I don’t know my way around Jerusalem, because I force myself to read and translate as many Arabic words as I can, or because I am unfamiliar with written Hebrew, my eyes are always glued to […] Yesterday, we visited the main campus of Al-Quds University in Abu Dis. Serving over 13,000 students in three campuses, Al-Quds is the largest Palestinian university. It also houses the Abu-Jihad Museum for the Prisoners Movement Affairs, which J.Cam equated as the Palestinian equivalent of Yad Vashem. The comparison is fair; Yad Vashem uses the Holocaust […] Tonight Kamilah and I skipped our tedious cooking routine in search for meat. We have been so overwhelmed by the copious amounts of delicious, fresh, and not to mention CHEAP, fruits and vegetables from the Shuk, that meat has somehow disappeared from our regular diet. The raw meat available in the Shuk is not only […] Last night Sarah and I had a lengthy talk about what the different types of connections people have to this land. The idea that people approach the topic of a Jewish or Palestinian state from either an emotional or academic mindset was a theme that kept reoccurring. As an agnostic individual I definitely consider the […] With Palestinian students at Hind el Husseini College for Women With Palestinian students at al-Quds University, Abu Dis Discussion with Amal Alqassem Abu Hasnah of Women's Forum of Sheikh Jarrah and Rula Salameh of Just Vision Dr. Omar Yousef, Center for Jerusalem Studies
[…] Today we met with a few students from the Hind al-Husseini College for Women. One of the comments made by one of the administrators that took part in the discussion was that one of the issues with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the idea that the conflict is not between yourself and another, instead it is […] Since we spoke about the Separation Wall today, I decided to pick a different topic for my moodle post. When we were touring with the women from “Just Vision,” one of them mentioned that a certain cave “where animals lived” was now being claimed as a holy site for the Jews so that they would […] Thank you Ayelet, I really agree with your post and appreciate your willingness, along with everyone else in this group (it’s actually quite wonderful!), to rationally, with humility and respect, dissect many of the perspectives we are getting from all discussions. It is particularly interesting to me how emotionally attached that one male student in […] |