In this picture you see Dr. Paul Jones, Ted, Elizabeth, Zaffer, and Mark. We were taking a tour to Hebron, the burial tomb of Abraham & Sarah.
It was a religious visit, but we ended learning about the political situation between Palestine and Israel.
The driver, Zaffer, took us into Palestinian neighborhoods to show us the very difficult situation that they have to live in due to the Israeli occupation. Basically, the Israelis, in order to keep security, have completely controlled the Palestinian neighborhoods and keep soldiers and watchtowers like the one you see with an Israeli flag.
My general impression of it was that it was scary to have those soldiers walking around and it was difficult to see the poverty of those neighborhoods and that many Palestinians really can't do anything about it other than just tell people like us.
So was it what I looking for when I came here? No, but it is teaching me the reality of living in a country where two people sometimes hate and are afraid of each other.
Yet despite that, there is a lot of beauty if you open your eyes to see it.
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