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Love this piece. Your writing is consistently rich and nuanced and I can tell how this trip is seeping into your soul. Whenever I go to Israel, I feel love for the people I meet but also exasperated that there is no end in sight to the conflict. It seems like the most complex issue in the world to me. I would never say this on Twitter but as a jew I blame the ultra orthodox jews for fanning the flames in the occupied territories as much as I blame Hamas. The one thing they both share is neither groups are gainfully employed. If they worked for a living they'd have something else to focus on. Hope I don’t get hated on for this.

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Not to start a never-ending argument ... but there's a reason that "the land available to Palestinians shrinks" relative to 1948 and 1967 ... in both cases Israel was attacked. Not sure that's clear in the article.

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As mentioned on Twitter, I am meeting many people in many places. This is the story of one day as people told me their story and as I saw it. More to come

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