Monday, May 3, 2010

East Side Story

Two items about some sad realities of the Holy City. Jerusalem is anything but an undivided, united city, as I have learned over the course of this past year.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/discrimination-is-flourishing-in-east-jerusalem-1.287733

An Al Jazeera video clip about what we commonly refer to as the "racist traffic light," which causes many a delay going from our neighborhood into the city center. No it certainly isn't a checkpoint, but it makes its mark on people's lives nonetheless.

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