After traveling to Bethlehem and Masada in the same day, we finished with dinner at the hotel. But far from our educational experiences being over, we were graced with Dr. Nazmi Amin Al-Ju'beh as our guest speaker. While archeology and architecture are Dr. Al-Ju'beh's love and profession, and he claimed not to be directly involved in politics, he was one of the three Palestinians to negotiate the Geneva Accords and was directly briefed by Arafat following the Camp David talks in 2000. It was very interesting to hear his perspective and especially to note how closely it aligned with much of what we were hearing from the Jewish-Israelis that we've been meeting. There was also strong sense, though, that the U.S. needs to be a part of brokering a FAIR peace between these two nations and that if it doesn't happen soon, it may be too late.
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