Territory but the settlers justify their initiative by citing an Israeli Court ruling that declares the building of the settlements legal conflict isnt over by a long shot it may even get worse anything can happen we might all contract the coronavirus and wind up in solitary confinement so nobody will be able to attack the other thatd be just underneath this corona. We 1st met high in early march has the Program Festival was just getting underway traditionally jews dont costumes for it and exchange gifts. At the time the coronavirus had already come to israel but the people was still getting together to celebrate they kept up their usual social contacts and did not yet practice distancing. Why did the settlers prefer the relative isolation of the jew to han mountains on some of the most disputed land in the world you mention to label him as the people who live it you say partly for their beliefs partly financially since just because its cheaper well they like the sense of community. Like never lived in a community before where all the neighbors and so tightly knit. All. Manner. Of. The more. Sustain us in school is nice really nice because it reminds us were not alone and that everything is not as simple and beautiful as it would appear at 1st glance. The west bank is about the size of the u. S. State of delaware but the potential for conflict is passed about 430000 jewish settlers live here among 2700000 palestinians behind fences walls and barbed wire. The expansion of jewish settlements extensively impacts the lives of palestinians like Ali Abu Awwad he comes from a family of political activists his brother was shot and killed at an israeli checkpoint in 2001. Was active in the resistance against israel and spent years in prison he says hes right now just violence even if that is. Im a nation continues unabated hes Palestinian Bisons plate is enough to get him stopped at the supermarket by security the latest well im so that the father asked where hes coming from abu i want replies that he came from good. The officer asks to see some id but doesnt have any on hand the officer suggests he look for it in his car and that he cannot let him into the parking lot without an id even just waited an extra officer would stop him so i wanted the office to turn back. So i was what i love so. This doesnt happen to the israel is just that palestinian that has to be checked and if you forget your id its a big deal. I feel sometimes that every boss thing. Is suspicious. Until you prove youre a good guy or. One hears like. 3 you know we because there is a lot of fear a lot of. Different activities that tags and the any wrong move in this junction english is your injunction. Any mistake or their own good move while you are a driving good care cost to your liking. When i look around i see many subtle moments around the rounding this learned i mean. This is what i see. This is what palestinians face every day for these people to exist practice their identity there is a price of my dignity and my rights that i have to be everything this is and just. As i lives are without considering the palestinians as fact in vista that. Palestinians are struggling to survive that but also to start the heart of a cube ation in any way and this is an endless i dont want to spend my life doing this out of this victim. And the feeling of victim in both sides is such a huge issue its even the competition of suffering who suffers more none of us is going to give up his right none of us. For decades israelis and palestinians have been locked in a kind of local cold war in which neither side wins. Higher share space he sees it as unfair that she and other jewish settlers are called an obstacle to peace in the middle east jennifer says 150000 israelis are not something to be ignored and you cant just classify several 100000 people as criminals and think youll be able to expel them for some political motives which doesnt is a couple of personally i see no problem with the fact that were living here its more of a question of how we live here and how we behave and how the other section of the population the arab inhabitants of today or in some areas the palestinians behave towards us as a kind of interaction happening here and its not happening very positively i have to admit it was a little given. On the question of who the land belongs to there are no easy answers people debate the issue and seek dialogue with the other side. Like hired rabbi hung on schlessinger lives in the alone should settlements together with palestinian partners hes launched a Grassroots Initiative called roots 60 years and 6 weeks ago for the 1st time my life i had a face to face meeting with the real palestinian before that i had seen them on the street i had hired them to work in my house they did my gardening but i never really talked to them. I was completely thrown for a loop that here are people that i thought of as terrorists and they have a human story just like mine i was so taken aback to hear their stories of living under occupation id never use that word before id never heard that word before in a face to face conversation you know. Both sides are an obstacle to the other sides peace our identities are the obstacles to peace who have 2 contradictory identities israelis say and its true historically that the whole land is ours thats true we were here 2000 years ago. But the palestinians are also connected to the whole land from the joint to mid trade in the same old way and it belongs to both sides legitimately. Roots organizes regular events for israelis where palestinians talk about their lives under Israeli Occupation for some of the young men and women here this presentation will be their very 1st direct contact with an arab. Once an enemy becomes a partner theres a chance of finding a political solution thats the idea behind roots we have to call the new reality which will be expensive side in partnership with the other side and the truth is. That the best place to begin treating the partnership is here in the west banks last trading scenario of close so close to try there. This is precisely what higher town set out to do in roots she got to know a palestinian over time theyve become good friends he lives in who sat on an arab village halfway between alone shoots and jerusalem but the political situation does not make such into ethnic friendships easy signs even warn israelis not to enter palestinian villages claiming that its dangerous higher town doesnt agree shes even learn some arabic because she wishes to communicate with her neighbors. Higher and more rockets are determined to let what they share not what separates them shape fact fredricka. Weve had enough of warring some of either we decided no how we can live together reasonably peace. Through the other out or whether. Through some or against us meeting for others or for it was when i dont care and i have no reservations about meeting with israelis everyone knows that to him how i heard because of his contacts with israelis was detained for 4 days by Palestinian Security forces the mutual distrust from cern deep that anyone ever has contact with the other side is quickly suspected of being either a traitor or a spy even so theres something essential there to share. The desire for peace. And we go with latest news. And. Its the personal contacts that make all the difference for higher. Almost rather than him global why do i stay on here because i have a good social community i have lots of friends both jews and arabs and im getting along fine here. In spite of their differences haja i want and. I formed a common bond that convinced its the only way to bring peace to their own country. Blockbusters from nigeria you know thats what money would stands for to me. And to. Plan successful beyond belief. Motherhood this is the way we do it. Would. In 15 minutes on d w. 3 to any surprises moved on. To something absurd one day in the footsteps of the great. Concerns amongst our the fleet street. 3 times i wanted. To marry my fellow. Challenge to such a sudden gemini. Mechanism where exactly. Was fun. Learning last karst culture history of. Travel extremely worth a visit to the Global Media Forum our 3rd online session. The Coronavirus Crisis has hit making news organizations especially hard. What will it take for them to recover. Is turbo digitalization in local journalism a way out of the crisis. Join our online session at the forum. Today at 1230 u. T. C. 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