today was an interesting day. this morning i went to jerusalem to visit my uncle and his family. i got hit on on the bus by a settler. i wanted to say something dramatic, like, i don't go out for coffee with settlers but i didn't. i've been to his particular settlement. our simulation group went there because it's built in this dramatic way, completely enclosed by palestinian villages. i tried to be sarcastic, asking him what it was like waking up to a view of a palestinian refugee camp but apparently my sarcasm didn't translate because he just said casually, oh, i live on the other side of the neighborhood.
when i got back to tel aviv, i went to go see an apartment. this photo is of the living room, but it was decidedly less tidy than that. the housemates had a bunch of annoying friends over, one especially who after i said i worked in a human rights organization kept making annoying comments. like he wrote my name down on some list and then joked that he'd write in the margins, tania, likes palestinians.
some days this place is so ridiculous.
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