Twenty Four Hours in Ramallah(beingbecca.com)
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Twenty Four Hours in Ramallah
http://www.beingbecca.com/twenty-four-hours-in-ramallah/
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Kann ich nur zustimmen.
Something which I think is missing in those thoughts are the questions like: Why I'm granted power by playing the role of a foreigner?
Something which I think is missing in those thoughts are the questions like: Why I'm granted power by playing the role of a foreigner?
It's an interesting article, because after making assumptions about the Palestinians, she actually meets them and realises that there is plenty she doesn't understand yet.
She refers to American privilege in Ramallah, but glosses over the fact that had she been visibly identifiable as a Jew or Israeli, she would likely have been attacked.
The missing context to her observations about limits on freedom of movement is that Israelis aren't allowed into Palestinian areas because it's way to dangerous for them and that Palestinians aren't allowed free passage to Israel, because that would be way to dangerous to Israeli civilians.
She refers to American privilege in Ramallah, but glosses over the fact that had she been visibly identifiable as a Jew or Israeli, she would likely have been attacked.
The missing context to her observations about limits on freedom of movement is that Israelis aren't allowed into Palestinian areas because it's way to dangerous for them and that Palestinians aren't allowed free passage to Israel, because that would be way to dangerous to Israeli civilians.
There will be no peace in Palestine/Israel until the majority of israelis ask themselfs this same question. There are some lessons to learn from germans in this regard.