Summary
NEW MEXICANS VISITING PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS EXPLORE THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
Some say it's the world's oldest family feud. Abraham and his wives. Ishmael and Isaac. The argument over land and religion in the Middle East has pitted Arab against Jew for hundreds of years. In recent decades, the flames of religious righteousness have exploded into a fireball of violence in one of the world's holiest regions, affecting tens of thousands of people.See the full content of this document
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Beyond the Violence
For many Americans, violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank in Palestine is contained to television images of Palestinian students hurling rocks at Israeli tanks and Israeli emergency workers scrambling after a suicide bombing.
But some New Mexicans are not satisfied with learning about conflict in the Middle East through media outlets. Recently, several Santa Fe and Albuquerque residents traveled separately to Palestine on observation tours and to...See the full content of this document
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