notttt. because the second part, the one that talks about not allowing and wall or structure to be built that separated West Jerusalem from East Jerusalem. well. not only did they violate that, they actively did it themselves. that is kind of mind blowing to me- that they could completely go against 50% of the law that they wrote THEMSELVES.
but as soon as i started to get indignant, i remembered part of the interview that shannon and i did today with Kasa. (yay Kasa! i love that woman) Kasa was saying that everything Israel does is for the good of everyone there, that Israel always acts in the interest of protecting people, israelis and palestinians. it would be easy to understand and justify a lot of Israels actions if you had that viewpoint.
im also SO EXCITED to meet with PYALARA tomorrow! i felt like since we just met with a jewish/israeli group it would be kind of unfair if we didnt meet with a muslim/palestinian group, seeing as al Kuds is boycotting and we dont get to speak to them. i was interested to read the overview of the group, because when i asked my (palestinian) boyfriend about them he had never heard of the group, which i found surprising. i really really like their well-being program, i feel like something like that is really useful to the youth in such an... intense area. i hope that they are really using their efforts for good, and not for a brian-washing type deal. their Youth Times magazine seems incredibly impressive.
i found the overview of the political context to be a little harder to read, and i tried to figure out the chart on youth population % to be impossible to read/understand. i think it was missing some headings or something.
i cant wait to meet with a big group of students tomorrow!
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