Last night I went to a graduation celebration & it is not hard to miss after only a short time here that the Palestinains are fiercely passionate people, they love passionately the are passinate friends & hosts (it is difficult to walk down the street here without being pulled into a shop pushed down on a stool ‘ sit sit! & have a cup of tea placed in your hand) At this celebration the females go first & when they leave the males come. There is no alcohol here at all, no women at the party aside from the women who look down from above out of the windows always with their head scarfs on, & from a Western perspective we would see it as odd but the men dancing together it was a really fun experience, in this skinny little back alley, lit by a floodlight. George, a Palestinain Canadian (he was born in Canada (Ontario) but has Palestinian parents took video of me dancing. He then joked if you ever run for political office this video is being released & your career would be finished! We both laughed. It makes one realize how much we are influenced by the fear tactics of our media & culture. I have no fear of any of these people and the sooner we realize this the quicker this conflict will be resolved
I am so happy to be Canadian, when I was walking through the markets in Hebron when the Palestinians found out I was Canadian I was greeted with a big smile a hug and ‘you are our friend’. Also when stopped at a checkpoint an Israeli soldier ran out & said ‘Canadian’ (he pointed to my passport) & waved me through
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