Excerpt From Blog Post:Last weekend, I had the opportunity to spend a weekend at the Everest Hotel, which had been given good publicity a couple of weeks ago in the Jerusalem Post. The conference was sponsored by the Center for Emerging Futures advertised as:
Building Grassroots Partnerships
Beyond opinions, beyond fears,
beyond simplistic solutions and beyond politics:
A meeting of Palestinians – Israelis – Internationals
A human gathering of listening and co-creation
Sounded just like what I needed. I remembered the tough time I experienced last time I was there two years ago and I hoped things would be a bit different this time.
I didn't feel like spending money on a cab to get to Beit Jala. I took the bus from Maaleh Adumim to Talpiot when I decided I would take the Arab 21 bus...