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>> yotam: we have to go through a typical falafel place because its so much part of the culture here and again contentious because you know jews or israelis made falafel their own and everybody in the world thinks falafel is -- you know israeli food, but in actual fact its as much a palestinian food. even more so because you know theyve -- its been done for generations here. and here you get falafel thats just been fried. you dont get it any other way. and when i go to a place like that and i se...

>> amichai: yeah. >> anthony: parents in their 20s with kids living in the relative comfort familiarity of pennsylvania, heading off to, what must have at least in part of their minds been seen as uncertain. >> amichai: yes. it was very difficult for them. almost all jews say next year -- [ speaks hebrew] its part of prayers that we say all the time. >> anthony: so if im understanding correctly, the bibles, its all right there. it all happened here, its sort of a non-negotiable position. >> amic...

Sports or entertainment. here, kids four, five years old, every day, theyre looking to somebody who, you know brought down a plague. >> abbed: yeah. >> anthony: um, im not questioning why that is. >> abbed: i know. yeah. >> anthony: do you think its helpful? >> abbed: well, i guess we have a history. we are people who are under occupation. people honor their heroes. and their heroes are those who resist the occupation, whether they resisted through an armed struggle or an unarmed struggle. and, ...

Behind its ring of electronic surveillance sensors and security -everything they feel they need. school, public transportation and a petting zoo. >> anthony: amichai louria has lived here for 23 years. hes a winemaker, an amateur cook. oh, pretty. wow. youre not kidding around. [ speaks hebrew ] [ speaks hebrew ] >> amichai: this salmon is marinated with pomegranate juice that i, on the season i squeeze pomegranates and i freeze the juice so ill have it all year round. >> anthony: so where were ...

This is laila el-haddad, a native gazan, journalist, and author of the gaza kitchen. laila the catches are not as big as they used to be and thats primarily because the fishermen cant go beyond 3-6 nautical miles. >> anthony: you can continue fishing but what happens? >> laila: theyll shoot at the fishermen, theyll spray cold water at them, theyll destroy their boats, theyll cut their fishing nets. theyll detain them. so its obviously really risky business. 9 nautical miles, thats where that dee...

Very reserved, they dont like their daughters to be between men racing you know? palestine is a very reserved society. >> anthony: so are things getting better, staying the same, or worse? >> betty: you never know whats going to happen in palestine. one day its good and the other day its just, you never know, its a crazy country. >> anthony: the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. its basically a parking lot ac...

>> nate: after the death of my daughter, i just start to talk. >> anthony: to who? >> to people who want to listen. killed, for no reason. and i know that people on the other side have been killed for childrens, old people in gaza. i saw very poor people. i know there is interest in keeping these poor people. you can go far, far. but the bottom line is lets stop with the suffering. >> anthony: you know i went to the settler community and i said to you, you know, they were nice and you said theyr...

Complicated things. they see the world in black and white. when you get older, youre able to see the grey. and when someone hits you -- >> anthony: look i understand why kids would do it. given what you told me earlier, identifying the perpetrators within --within the realm of possibility. >> amind: young people. >> anthony: why not paint it over? >> amind: good question. i dont know. maybe we should. youre right. >> anthony: elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramalah. >> anthony: meet ...

If you scratch, if you push, theyll all say throw them in the sea. >> nate: most of the people, they dont talk, they are very and the same goes for the other side, to us. >> nate: you have to find the right people on both village, also on the down, and also on the up, and may they talk, and i am sure that is possible. >> anthony: the opportunities to do that here are very, very, very limited it seems. >> nate: i agree. >> anthony: and, i mean, one doesnt even have to speak metaphorically because...

Answer to it but the question of food appropriation or who owns the food is massive here. they can go on arguing about it forever. the old citys divided into four quarters. there is a- muslim quarter. theres a jewish quarter. theres a christian quarter and theres an armenian quarter. each one functions independently, but people that live in the certain area are all from that religion. so here you see these israeli flags over this house, so basically jews have bought this house although its in th...