ABSTRACT
A few days ago our team went down to Bethlehem to hear two South African colleagues give a talk on the similarities and differences between the current situation in Palestine and that of South Africa during apartheid. On the way down, we stopped in Abu Dis, a university neighborhood east of Jerusalem with pieces of the Wall running through it. The Wall is currently made up of short, unfinished curves, but in time these curves will be connected, surrounding or isolating the Palestinian neighborhoods and villages in the area. Many homes that used to look out onto the Jerusalem hills now face a massive concrete façade.
