Well... after months of pondering how I would feel when I finally depart for Palestine, the day has come. And I must admit it has been rather anticlimactic. Perhaps it is because I am still buzzing from the best trip home to Germany ever. Or perhaps it is simply because I haven't slept much in the past few days... with much thanks going to my sis for throwing a rager the night I left.
To be honest I have no idea what to expect. In the past few days, the Palestinian government has been dissolved, Gaza has fallen to Hamas, and it appears that some conflict is inevitable in the West Bank. I have never in my life been to a place like where I am headed... rife with tension, simmering with energy, and on the brink of either greatness or disaster. It seems to me that the Palestinians once again have the world's attention. If all goes well, this week could be a turning point in recent Palestinian history. If not, it seems it could be a recipe for disaster for the entire region... not that the region hasn't already been decimated by the foreign policies of the western nations. But this is a discussion to be saved for another day.
Anyway, this blogging thing is new to me and it appears that I am already leaning toward senseless ramblings. So I will cut this short until the next time I write... either from somewhere in East Jerusalem or from my office in Ramallah.
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