feeling sad
it's hard to know what to say about the situation in the middle east... i have just been having coffee with a friend abby who has got back from a cms encounter trip. you can read a few reflections on their blog. but it just reminded me how angry, sad and confused i felt when i returned from a visit in 98. i ended up recording the album backbone as a way of getting what was inside out... but it doesn't sound as if the situation is any more hopeful which is depressing.
i felt so angry hearing the news this morning as an israeli mp was talking about the 'arab terrorists' - the day after their government was involved in killing so many innocent people in qana - i wonder what definition of terrorist is being worked with here?! taking a look in the mirror might be a good start...
one of the things that wasn't there when i visited was the apartheid wall (i choose the term deliberately). abby told me how rachel's tomb in bethlehem now has this corridor so that if you are travelling to visit from israel you can do so without having to cross into the palestinian territories or see a palestinian. photos are on their flickr album. this one is the corridor, this one looking at it from the palestinian side. and this one seems the saddest - a last chink in the wall that will no doubt be finished soon closing off the palestinians. rachel still weeps for her children it seems...
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