And I've been staying in Palestine for eleven years, shortly to return. I can only report on what I have actually experienced and what I have learnt while I'm there. I measure foreign analyses against my own experiences among Palestinians. The same as when I comment on Thailand or Bali.
I commend the writings of the Victorian philanthropist John Ruskin; "We did not travel for adventure, nor for company but to see with our eyes and to measure with our hearts."