The Mural-Covered Wall: On Separation and the Future of Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and the Diaspora

Ellis, Marc H., Chicago Journal of International Law

In Memory of Edward Said "until the end"

Some time ago, the New York Times featured on its front page a picture of an Israeli woman walking her dog in a Jerusalem neighborhood. Her dog was on a leash; she walked behind it on a newly paved sidewalk. To her right was the countryside, with the beauty I have often experienced in my journeys to Israel/Palestine. Yet when I studied the picture more closely I felt something was amiss. When I read the caption beneath the story, I discovered what bothered me: "The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has altered lives on both sides. An Israeli woman recently walked her dog in a Jerusalem neighborhood near the barrier separating it …

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Publication information: Article title: The Mural-Covered Wall: On Separation and the Future of Jews and Palestinians in Israel/Palestine and the Diaspora. Contributors: Ellis, Marc H. - Author. Journal title: Chicago Journal of International Law. Volume: 5. Issue: 1 Publication date: Summer 2004. Page number: 271+. © University of Chicago Law School Winter 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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