Palden Jenkins

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Perceptive podcasts from the far end of Cornwall by Palden Jenkins | I love going to Palestine because it's a very different country, owing to its unique circumstances. An occupied land, its fate controlled by the Israelis, it has paradoxically avoided certain ills that many developing countries have fallen upon. This is hinted at by this quote from a 1990s BBC war correspondent, Martin Bell, who covered the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Bosnia war: " Peace and freedom can be defined as the peace that makes traffic jams possible and the freedom to sit in them ". Military occupation has given Palestinians a few gifts. One is a friendly and very human society - hospitality, sharing and generosity are notable here, and foreign visitors are frequently deeply st

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