Interlude, Pt. 2: Where the whole mess began
January 24th 2011 From the Arab bus station in East Jerusalem, just off Damascus Gate, I hop on bus number 21 to Bethlehem. My guidebook revealed to me that this way, I won't have to pass an Israeli checkpoint. It will make me feel a bit more subversive. It's also cheaper, for I won't have to take a taxi after the checkpoint to the centre of Bethlehem.
I sit down next to an Arab boy, and ask him: "Is it ok?" an
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