Shortly after the war in Gaza, trouble started elsewhere – this time in Jerusalem inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank. Although it is hard to pinpoint the exact start of the problems, Palestinians have been protesting the fact that Israeli Jewish settlers have been allowed access to […]

Perhaps the feeling most keenly awakened in me by Palestine is the feeling of intensity. I think, after almost three weeks of absorbing (or being absorbed into) this enchanting land, the intensity of the experience has left me a little drained. It isn’t the same sort of intensity that is […]