Let me make this clear. I DO NOT LIKE THE WALL BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE. Its really frightening because it is huge and is covered in barbed wire and the check points are complicated. My friends and I felt like we were being shoved around like a bunch of cattle, and we were Americans so we received nice treatment! It is also obvious that the wall helped suck a lot of life out of Palestine. Every Arab city I have visited is full of energy and people haggling over goods. Palestine (the areas where I visited which was Bethlehem and Ramallah, the "nicer" areas) was like a ghost town. We didn't see that many people, especially near the wall and it was really quiet. The tourists helped with the noise when we visited the Nativity Church that was built where they believed Jesus was born.
Ramallah was busier, but still depressing. We had dinner at a friend's family house and they were so nice, and the food was amazing! But it was hard to hear that they had problems leaving the country, even for work related matters.
I don't have a lot to say about Palestine because I didn't spend that much time there, but I at least learned a lot about the affects of the occupation and I didn't even get to witness the most oppressed places.
I really hope the conflict between Israel and Palestine gets solved. Its really hard to see people live with fear, hatred, and frustration. I also think that people should be able to leave their country whenever they want (but this problem exists in the majority of 3rd world countries as well). Hmm, this is when I wish that the Miss America's words of world peace would actually come true. Hahaha.
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