Guest Column by Akiva Sanders | A shift in the conversation
(12/04/13 8:30pm)
When I first heard that Clarissa O’Conor would be writing a column about her experiences during her semester in East Jerusalem, I was excited. I looked forward to hearing the voices of ordinary Palestinians living in the middle of a century-long conflict, something often forgotten at Penn. However, I was disappointed to find condemnations of respectful dialogue and nuance in the conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.