This article is about some of the people we encountered during that remarkable experiment. The first night we were there, we met with Mikado Waraschawski, Director of the Alternative Information Center in Jerusalem. I'd known him for some time as the founder of Yesh Gvul. To Mikado and many Israelis of military age, it meant they would not serve in the Israeli Army of Occupation on the West Bank. The two fundamentalisms are two equal dangers.
Fundamentalism gives both sides social, intellectual, and spiritual security.
We will suffer-but we can't be friendly if our only concept is separation. She is a former Jerusalem city planner and City Council member. She wants Palestinians on the City Council so that they can air their differences. Sara is a handsome, bold woman-larger than life, with an arresting voice. Her home is in the elegant French district, which was formerly Palestinian land.