notes on this country

I actually intended to call this entry "notes on Israel or notes on Palestine", but the second I thought of this title I automatically stopped. Which of the two names should I write first? How can I be "politically correct". It seems like anything you do or say, which language you use, what you buy and where, who your friends are, is a political statement. You can go to buy at the Jewish Market or the Arab Suq, go to an arab or jewish barbier, learn Hebrew or Arabic and some people are going to judge you just because of that. It was hard for me to learn not to take comments by either side too seriously. Today, however, I am confident in my opinion of not supporting one side or the other. I support peace, which means for me that everybody can live as free as possible, without hurting others. Quite frankly, it's not my conflict and I will never be able to fully understand it. So here is to every outsider who thinks he/she does:

Western Wall & Dome of the Rock

First of all everything is not as easy as you think. I've heard many "If just this or that". No, it's not just. The two peoples who live in this country have to find a way to get together, first on a political and second on a cultural way, because they are deeply divided. I don't want to say that foreign and especially international bodys, like the UN, can't help, but the willingness for peace on both sides has to come from within I guess.
Anyway I'll continue learning Hebrew, going to an arab barbier, buying bread at the Jewish Market and other stuff at the Suq and I don't care about any interpretation of these actions. I go to wherever I think I get the best value for my money.

DW