We're not in a warzone Elliot: Okay so I imagine anyone out there paying attention to the media must have the impression that all Hell is breaking loose. However, paradoxically the West Bank seems to be relatively calm just now. Anyway, we're not in Gaza, Lebanon or Northern Israel, so we're away from the hairy stuff. This is not to say we are not having "interesting times." We've come back from Jericho now, which was HOT, but not too harrowing. I should have written about this yesterday, because today we went to the Palestinian village next to the wall to protest, and the Israeli army was not chuffed with us being there. If you're just interested in the protest, then scroll down, but I want to tell another story first, about something that happened in Jericho.
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