I came to Israel as a student five months ago. I have been given a lot to think about, as I've been here. I do want to weight in on the current war in the south, with what I now know, and my perspective from near by, but that will be tomorrow's diary. I want to first share an interesting experience I had here, a seminar.
It was with my class from school, about a month ago, so before the current conflict. There is a place, called Neve Shalom in Hebrew, Wahat al-Salam in Arabic, and Oasis of Peace in English. It's a village, and it's purpose, as the name would indicate, is to educate Israelis and Palestinians about one another. With my 10th grade class, I went there for a few days to meet and talk to a 10th grade class of Arabs. It's an understatement to say I learned a lot.
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