I am now nearing the end of my time in Israel and my field research for the summer.
I have a friend visiting from Clark as well, and so I am using this opportunity to do some traveling and sight seeing I haven't had a chance to do yet this summer.

I have one more major event related to my research before I leave next Monday, and that is a meeting with Aiman Seif, who is the head of the department for economic development for the Arab, Druz and Ciracassian sectors in the office of the Prime Minister in Jerusalem this Tuesday.

I still have a lot of work to do, but had a very good concluding meeting with Dr. Jabareen on Wednesday and feel that I am in a very good place with my research right now, and know what to do in order to move forward.
I will post a concluding entry next weekend right before I leave.

For now, I will share a situation that my friend, Margaret and I noticed yesterday; as we were walking through a park in Haifa, a city known for its diversity, we saw a group of Arab children on a field trip playing in the park. Right in the same park, a few hundred yards away, was a Orthodox Jewish family. I said to Margaret "Now this is an image for you" and she replied "it would be even more of an image if the Arab and Orthodox Jewish kids were playing together", to which a replied with very pessimistic prospects of that happening.
Just thought I'd share.

Shabbat Shalom.