Saturday, May 12, 2012

The invisible Arabs of Jerusalem

"A city polished by time".

Indeed. And Bonny Reichert polishes things up some more in a feature travel article in today's Globe and Mail.

She's makes no mention of evictions, house demolitions.

She's polished out the ethnic cleansing.

The words "Arab" and "Palestinian" are nowhere to be found.

There is a passing reference to the "Muslim call to prayer", although who they would be calling is left to the imagination.

Another passing reference to a time when she would have considered Jerusalem "too political, too dangerous" to visit.

The nature of that danger and those politics is again left to the imagination.

Polished from memory.

It's been polished into the perfect tourist destination, Jerusalem has.

Sparkling, safe, and apolitical.

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