a day in jerusalem

today had to be a down day, none of my meetings panned out, but thats ok because its the first day off in a while. pretty tired, i just realized. so i actually have spent most of the day trying to rest and reading a stupid book. but i also went to the alternative information center in jerusalem, a cool place. http://www.alternativenews.org/ they have great publications, including nuanced analysis of the economy of the occupation
http://www.alternativenews.org/aic-publications/the-economy-of-the-occupation/
tomorrow in the morning i will be with a group in east jerusalem that goes through the old city and does a "tour" of the city and educating about house demolition and israeli settlements within the old city. should be interesting. in the afternoon i hope to meet with ghassan andoni, who was a founder of ISM and beautiful activist, with a philosophy of peace and non-violent resistance that is brilliant. i had the privilege of meeting him the last time i was here, i look forward to seeing him again. sunday i leave for a small town in the north of israel to join harry and go to ba'arta, a land stuck in a "no man's (or woman's) land" anyway, enough for now.