Okay, This maybe a fairly brief entry. Suffice to say we are in Tel Aviv - we landed at Ben Gurion airport on the morning of my birthday!. For those who don't know, many people have to go throught a search and interrogation to get into the country, specifically to verify that they are not International Solidarity Movement activists, or the like. We were therefore tourists, here for a nice holiday in the sunny holy land. We did get searched, and at 3AM we were perhaps not in most tolerant of moods. The stroppy tourist vibe probably worked in our favour, however, and we were in fact not subjected to an interrogation. I think this was down to Jemima's presence- on the two occasions I have been before I have been talked to for hours. She
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