May 15, 1999 Jerusalem, bethlehem & hebron Towards the end of my stay in jerusalem, my blunt and curious german friend from berlin has come to join me in rehavia at the moravs, my diplomatic hosts and friends. not being…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 6, the chosen people
may 16-19, 1999 tel aviv back in tel aviv, benny and i take a much needed break from each other, and i shuttle myself around between “servas” hosts. i find myself in the university suburb of ramat aviv with a…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 17, the kibbutz on the golan heights
june 15, 1999 upper galilee, kibbutz machanayim alright. now well-armed with millennia of bloody middle eastern history, i bus my way up north to the refreshingly green and fertile upper galilee, right on the southwest border of the also lovely…