Today we went to visit Herodium, where King Herod died. We were able to walk through the underground tunnels. While at the water basin Chiam was saying something to Michael about cats and Michael thought Chaim was saying something in Hebrew. Chaim said, "a cat, C-A-T" and Michael was like, "achat? What does that mean?" It was so funny.
We visited a settlement where we met with a man in an art gallery. He explained to us the issues of living in a Palestinian territory. They "rent" the land from the government, but don't own anything. Before building anything they have to get permits signed off by a ridiculous amount of people/committees/government officials. At any moment the government can force them to pack-up and move out. Everyday they live with that fear.
On the drive to Bethlehem Megan saw a sheep being attacked and eaten by a couple wild dogs. In Bethlehem, we had to go with a different tour guide because Chiam, being Israeli, was not allowed into that part of Palestine. Afterwards, we got dropped back off at the hostel.
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