My 68th Country - Palestine


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March 17th 2014
Published: August 9th 2014
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My 68th Country - 4 Days in Palestine My film “Corn Flakes in Palestine” Whilst driving around Israel I passed through the West Bank on a couple of occasions but didn’t stay for more than a couple of hours. For this reason I hired a car and drove around the West Bank for 4 days, sleeping in the car to keep things cheap and to enable me to see as much as possible in a limited t... Read Full Entry



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The Separation WallThe Separation Wall
The Separation Wall

Me and Tony felt solidarity with Palestine
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The Separation Wall

Banksy has painted 9 different pieces
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The Separation Wall

Another Banksy piece
The Separation WallThe Separation Wall
The Separation Wall

A tribute to a freedom fighter
The Separation WallThe Separation Wall
The Separation Wall

This woman's house was surrounded by the wall and her life massively effected by it
A Nativity SceneA Nativity Scene
A Nativity Scene

With a removable wall to show the modern day scene
HebronHebron
Hebron

The city is hugely separated and a hostile place to walk around
The MosqueThe Mosque
The Mosque

With some very important religious figures buried here - Jacob, Ibraheim, Issac and their wives
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Hebron

The security to get into the temple/mosque
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Hebron

Jewish woman being kissed...
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Hebron

... by this man
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Hebron

Not sure about the word "defend"
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Hebron

4000 military personnel protecting 500 people
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Hebron

We walked through this to get to the Muslim side...
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Hebron

... but they thought we were Jewish and these kids gave us some hassle
A CheckpointA Checkpoint
A Checkpoint

Crossing from Palestine to Israel
JerichoJericho
Jericho

A tribute to their former leader



9th August 2014
The Church of Nativity

Beautiful
Wow
10th August 2014
The Separation Wall

The Separation Wall
"..." (enough said)
16th August 2014

APPALLING SITUATION
No matter how one looks at the Israeli/Palestinian issue, I cannot escape the conclusion that the Palestinians are a displaced people and ahould have a homeland. I cannot imagine how this must be driven home when visiting these areas Mick.
25th August 2014

Hi Dave
Thanks for your comment Dave, yes it was horrible seeing the complete discrimination against the Palestinian people that just want to live in a land they call home. I don't like to take sides but Israel is definitely the aggressor and seems to want the war/genocide to continue.

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