Having professor Hermann come in was great. I feel like I learned a lot from hearing him talk. One thing that really stuck with me was about the two state solution. I guess I didn't realize fully how close they were to making an agreement in the nineties and how it crumbled. It was really interesting to talk about the peace conflict in relation to our government. We don't understand. "You don't understand. Too much has happened. Too much has happened over the past ten years and it cannot be forgotten." Maybe this sounds foolish but I never considered the severity of 9/11 on this issue. It made so much sense when he was talking about how Palestinians are able to bomb Israel but then they have to deal with all the terrorist publicity from the US. They don't really have many other options outside of that. Anyways, I am interested to see what our government tries to do now that the administration has changed...guess I need to pay more attention to the news.
Another thing that has really stuck with me was about the western wall. We have been talking about the wall recently but seeing those pictures was crazy. The image of that Palestinian city that is completely surrounded like a prison. We saw pictures of kids leaving through the gates to go to school, does anyone get to leave the city or are they trapped there? It looked like they lost a lot of their farm land when the wall went in, are they still able to use this land or not? How has the loss of these farms affected the ability for people to support themselves?
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