thursday's class

the past student who came in thursday (i've forgotten her name and i gave my flier away) blew my mind with her videos.

its one thing to hear about the resettlements in the israeli/ palestinian areas. I've heard that and thought "thats not fair", thinking about how hard it would be to move.

but to see these people? talking about how their homes were taken from them, how their lives were ripped apart.... was literally heart-wrenching to me. the man who had rebuilt his house 4 times was so incredibly brave and you could tell that he was so strong and wont give up. how disheartening, though, it must have been for him every time his house was destroyed, especially when they destroyed the foundation. i mentioned in class how i was surprised that even after international attention was called to this specific event that Israel didn't back down or cut the family any slack.

i also really liked the clip of the jewish woman talking about when the soldiers came to her house to force them out. she tried so hard to talk to them, to make them feel something. it sickened me that for the longest time, they all sat there like stone, totally unfeeling. i was relieved when she told about the one soldier who broke down when her daughter took him into her bedroom, made him actually feel something.

i would LOVE to go to this exhibit, im so upset that im out of town the entire weekend it shows. i want to contact her and see if she would send me the clips??