The Way

I've devoured Jane Eyre - 170 pages in two nights. It feels so good to be done. I slammed the book on the bed as I walked into my room back from the library. I feel all powerful. And a tad British.

I watched a movie today called "Promises", about seven Arab and Israeli children living in Jerusalem. The director singlehandedly got these children to interact and become friends.

Some of the things the kids said before they met were just amazing, especially coming from the young religious children. They used the bible as justification in the conflict. I can't help but think that that is the problem - using that document as proof. All the moreso, only the secular Israelis were willing to meet with the Palestinian children. I can only think that this is a sign of the future.

It was also cool bc we (some members of Hillel) were watching it with the Muslim students Association. It felt really good to watch them. Maybe it was because of this that when the Israeli children said horrible things about their feelings toward the Palestinians I felt just as terrible about it as when the Palestinians said horrible things about the Israelis. If they just listened to each other maybe they could understand that both sides hurt, and that the time has come to forget their ancestors' gripes and look towards the future instead of the past.

It's hard for me not to become emotional when I see the magen david on the flag and hear Hatikvah. You really have to be there. And if it must be shared, so be it. Enough blood and tears. Enough.

COEXIST.