Michal Eskenazi
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What kind of prejudices do you encounter?
From what I see on the Palestinian side, to them we are all just one big army. I can imagine where this is coming from; people have never met Israelis who aren't soldiers. On the Israeli side, during the conference I participated in, I didn't encounter so much prejudice as reactions to the initial encounter such as, "Why are they always complaining?" "They're just trying to propagandize!" "They are here to complain." "The only thing important to them is that we give and give, to see how much we are willing to give them, then what they want is for us to feel sorry for them." These responses come up at first, and then they lead to more profound dialogue, which is more difficult.