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[violachic]

Any time I read about something distressing vis-a-vis Palestinian politics, I am upset. But it is especially upsetting when I read about something happening where I've been. Such as December, 2005, when a week after I visited the Deheisha refugee camp, their kindergarten was bombed. The middle child of the family who hosted us, a little girl named Noor (which means "shining" or "light" in Arabic), was a student in the kindergarten at the time. She was uninjured, but trying to imagine the additional trauma this five-year-old girl had to endure is heartbreaking.

Today's Electronic Intifada article about a new settlement in Hebron falls into this category. When you've been there, seen the city, and met the people, it is difficult to not stop and feel sympathy, and even empathy, for them. It makes me wonder what changes the city will undergo now.



I really, really need to go back.

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[sabacthani.livejournal.com]

Well, this is completely off topic, but the conversation seems to have died out here, and, anyway, this thread could use a little light entertainment.

It's a Soviet television commercial, encouraging folks to sell their surplus crops to the State, in an attempt to combat black market profiteering. It is set to the tune of "The Last Supper", from the musical "Jesus Christ Superstar". I do not know why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7rB-JSJerU&mode=related&search=