WFHB Bloomington Community Radio
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Host Dave Stewart welcomes Bloomington author Elsa Marston back to Interchange after her visit to the West Bank in the Middle East. Marston, whose real name is Elsa Harik, relates her experiences there with an eyewitness account of the new settlements being built there by Israel. In the first segment, Elsa talks about how she flew to Tel Aviv and traveled to Bethelehem and what she saw. In segment two, Elsa talks about joining with a Palestinian family in the gathering of olives, as well as other observances of life in the West Bank, including a theater group for teenagers in Jenin. In the third segment, Elsa talks about seeing the “separation wall” and provides other insights into her experience of visiting the West Bank, including her visit with an Israeli settler.
