"You have heard...But I tell you..."

This is my time in the Occupied West Bank this summer. It's my medium of processing and recording what I am witnessing and observing. I am realizing that there is a lot that I have heard and been taught which does not line up with the reality I am experiencing. My internet access is sporadic at best, but I'll try be faithful and pray you will be too. If you have any comments, questions or want to hear more email me at juliainpalestine@gmail.com I'd love to hear from you!
Wed Jul 16
“ They [Israel] want to take my freedom, my life, my smile….but I won’t let them. You see this grape tree? Sitting here, there is no place I’d rather be. This is my land. But I’ve had freedom, I’ve lived in this land when you could travel freely. My children? I mourn for them. They’ve never even set foot in Jerusalem… a late-night conversation, sipping tea beneath the canopy of an old grape tree