Guest Commentary: A Remarkable Day in the Old City of Jerusalem

It being my day off, I arranged a trip to Jerusalem. It’s about a 20 minute drive from Ramallah, depending on which check point we go through and whether there are many cars and/or soldiers are stopping folks. Outbound was no problem because the driver knew which checkpoint was easiest to get through; inbound back to Ramallah we were slowed by Friday evening traffic inside the checkpoint.

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