Day 13: Nothing day episode 2

My blog titles are beginning to look like Mwod, I like it. I am determined to make it a hundred and something. Can't give you a specific number because I don't exactly know when I will be returning back to Istanbul. And next week, I shall break this vicious cycle of empty Saturdays. Well not exactly empty because...

I had a very good training this morning. Mouna filmed some parts of it, so that I see my mistakes and well, ideally, as to correct them, in time.

Then, I had lunch, chatted with Mouna and Timo, worked on some stuff, read my books... Oh, fed the cats,  caught them on camera doing funny stuff such as hanging out on a tree. Tomorrow is work day. I am going to read and get ready for tomorrow.

By the way, I booked a tour called Breaking the Silence. (www.breakingthesilence.org.il) It's an "organization of veterans who served in the Israeli Army during the Second Intifada (since Sept 2000) and have taken upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to everyday life in the Occupied Territories, a routine situation that is never reflected in the media. B.T.S. ... bringing forth the voices of the soldiers who had previously remained silent." They take you to Hebron, a city that bears cultural, national, historical and religious importance for both Muslims and Jews, introduce you to some families there. Hebron, apparently, is the second largest Palestinian city in the West Bank, "and the only one that harbors a Jewish settlement in its midst. This is the only city where Jewish and Palestinian families share adjacent house walls." Interesting, right? I'm not sure how exactly they explain their own stories, I mean the veterans. This is one of the hardest locations for the soldiers. On the booklet it also says, "All the testimonies we publish undergo meticulous research, including cross-checking facts with additional eye-witnesses and/or archives of other human rights organizations who are also active in the field. So I guess we'll see how that goes on Wednesday. I'm planning to be a good cameraman and a journalist that day. AND YES they said I can bring my camera, so ha!