Where The Line Is Drawn XVII

Shimon Peres, the Israeli foreign minister, attended the UNESCO conference for just four minutes and did not speak - but it could be reported that he had attended.

"The meeting was a charade. We were not given the chance to present our ideas for future cultural projects. The objective was purely political." (p. 137)

"...during the negotiations leading up to the Oslo Accord, the US State Department was willing to take Israel at its word and believe that they had stopped expanding the settlements. At the time we reported that we had seen with our own eyes that the settlers were building across the road. But the State Department chose not to believe us." (p. 138)

The Israeli army stopped some people who were fixing a road leading to Palestinian villages. A soldier explained, "'This is the State of Israel. This route does not need to change. This road needs to remain the way it is. With holes. Because this is the territory of the State of Israel.'" (p. 141)

How many people have decided what they will see before they look?