7thGenTexan said:
Unfortunately, that's not surprising. Were you able to make it into Gaza when you were in Palestine? I was only able to get into the West Bank.
Israel is a magical place and Israelis are much fun, but they disgrace themselves with this *****
No, we were not able to make it down there. I am not sure it's possible at this point. I know right after I left, the Women's Boat to Gaza had attempted to make it by sea, but I think they were detained and sent away.
I was blown away by the beauty over there. When we were in Jerusalem, most were friendly to us. The only issues we had from Israelis outside the West Bank were with the Orthodox. Just didn't seem like the friendliest bunch. But, all other interactions were fine. Now, the settlers were a whole different story, but it's my understanding that many of the settlers, especially in Hebron, are Orthodox so it would be somewhat consistent with the Orthodox interactions we had in Jerusalem.