For here for you we are working tirelessly to keep you informed on over platforms and were all in this one to get them to make it through. Save everybody Stacey Stacey stay safe the freeze stay safe. For decades now israelis and palestinians have been locked in an ongoing dispute over a few 1000 square kilometers of platte the west bank sandwiched in between israel and jordan ever more jewish settlers are moving here some of them from germany like hyatt she lives in a large fortune. Thats me i see no problem with her living here its a matter of how we live. Higher talers are subtle and to many palestinians a provocation. The hard part she claims direct contact is the only real path to peace. High a town was born in some petersburg in 1991 and grow up in cologne at age 19 she emigrated to israel shes been living in a jewish settlement in the west bank since 2014 this is it this land they saw the chain symbolizes the country of israel and im not a political person and a religious person for one thing and for another ive called my principles the 1st one is that the land should be unified for everyone who lives on it. Higher lives in this converted container and the alone should put settlement just over 20 kilometers south of jerusalem the United Nations on the European Union both regard the jewish settlements as violations of International Law as theyre built on occupied territory but the settlers justify their initiative by citing an Israeli Court ruling that declares the building of the settlements illegal a conflict isnt over by a long shot it may 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 dandy this corona. We 1st met high up in early march. As 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 a jew to han mountains on some of the most disputed land in the world mentioned hilarity in the minds of people who live here do say partly for their beliefs partly financial reasons just because its cheaper or they like the sense of community. Like never lived in a community before where all the neighbors is so tightly knit. Land. The more israel. 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 that 1st loan solution is for. The west bank is about for size of the us state of delaware but the potential for conflict is vast 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 the discrimination continues unabated. Palestinian bisons plight is enough to get him stopped at the supermarket by security alert is well im so that the father asked where hes coming from abu awwad 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 if he did the next officer would stop him so i wanted the office to turn back. My already. So i was what i love so. This doesnt happen to the israel is just the policy and that has to be checked and if you forget your id its a big deal. I face sometimes that every boss thing. Is a suspicion. Until you prove you are a good guy. 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 englishes your injunction. And a mistake for their own good move while you are a drive in good care cost to your liking. With iraq around i see many subtle moments around the rounding the list learned i mean. This is what i see. And 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 shann states sees it as unfair that she and other jewish settlers are called an obstacle to peace in the middle east syllabuses 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 are 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 i was a little devil. 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. Rabbi hung on schlessinger lives in the alone should sacrament 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 israeli say and its true historically that the whole land theres ours thats true we were here 2000 years ago. But the palestinians are also connected to the whole land from the jordan to mid train in the same old way and it belongs to both sides legitimately. Routes organizes regular events for israelis web 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 create a new reality which would that would be expensive on the side but in partnership with at the side and the truth is that the best place to begin trading the partnership is here in the west bank slasher dean scenario would have close so close to each other. This is precisely what higher town set out to do in routes 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 our neighbors. Higher and more artists are to turman to let what they share and not what separates them to shape fact friendship. Im sure that. Weve had enough of warring so either we decide now how we can live together reasonably peace or one stable through the other outer for your. Pleasure some are against us meeting for others or for at this an hour when i dont care and i have no reservations about meeting with israelis who everyone knows the man i have the intimate have heard because of his contacts with israelis was detained for 4 days by Palestinian Security forces the mutual distrust ronsard deep that anyone ever has contact with the other side is quickly suspected of being either a traitor or a spy even so there is something essential that to share. The desire for peace. And we do with latest news. And. Its the personal contacts that make all the difference for higher. Almost rather than him 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 higher up all i want and rabbi schlessinger formed a common bond that convinced its the only way to bring peace to their own country. 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