we began our visit with the photographs of Micha Bar Am.  I had already seen the film, but to see it disassembled in 8 minute segments, is to weep at the history of Israel over and over.  Check it out.

Then – against my better judgement – I followed my friends to their next choice, Dissensus, which was also very informative, but too close to my heart to bear.  It is about the senseless building going on all over Israel.   Entire communities built without access roads, without proper facilities.  How does this bother me so much?  I mean it is obvious that we were all mixed up about land and housing from the beginning, not knowing where to put all the refugees from so many places, how to allot space, how to determine who wanted to kill us and who could be left alone, what was ours and what didn’t belong to us but we decided to keep – for the time being.  This mess still has to be sorted out.

But we’re just continuing in the same path – instead of undoing the damage, we’re complicating it.  .