http://www.israelisforpalestine.org/2009/11/the-vision-of-the-end-of-days-in-the-jerusalem-mall/ Acknowledge and repair past and current injustices Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.israelisforpalestine.org/2009/11/the-vision-of-the-end-of-days-in-the-jerusalem-mall/#comment-10 Inbal Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:02:50 +0000 http://www.israelisforpalestine.org/?p=75#comment-10 Haven't been for quite some time (what for, in the age of Mamila Boulevard?), but I was there in very volatile times, and never seen fights break out, or guards being stupider than guards ought to be, but malls are definitely places where instincts are given overdue, excessive attention - with money, or vacant stares. In those years when there were frequent bombings, I'm sure that everyone, just like me, went past the different minorities with echoing thoughts of unbridgeable differences, and in other times, with hesitant smiles of struggling harmony, but - as corny as it sounds - all this time amounts to lives shared between those communities and people who get used to others around them. Personally, I'm not too concerned about Arab villages from the past, as long as I don't see my reflection all around me in my little capitalistic experiences. (And let us say - mehhhhh!) Haven’t been for quite some time (what for, in the age of Mamila Boulevard?), but I was there in very volatile times, and never seen fights break out, or guards being stupider than guards ought to be, but malls are definitely places where instincts are given overdue, excessive attention – with money, or vacant stares. In those years when there were frequent bombings, I’m sure that everyone, just like me, went past the different minorities with echoing thoughts of unbridgeable differences, and in other times, with hesitant smiles of struggling harmony, but – as corny as it sounds – all this time amounts to lives shared between those communities and people who get used to others around them. Personally, I’m not too concerned about Arab villages from the past, as long as I don’t see my reflection all around me in my little capitalistic experiences. (And let us say – mehhhhh!)

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