"West Bank, Palestine" (2) 2018

Artist: Claire Lorenzo
Instagram: @claire_lorenzo
Size: 14" x 11"
Material: 35mm Color Photograph

 As Americans, we ingest biased, highly-subjective reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on a regular basis. Our federal government's stance is abundantly clear: Israel receives $3 billion in aid from the United States every year, compared to the just $60 million we used to provide Palestine—as of 2019, President Trump signed a law ending all federal aid to Palestine. While visiting the West Bank on a tour led by a Palestinian Christian man, I hear his explanation of the conflict. Later, on a walking tour of Jerusalem, guided by an Israeli-Jewish woman, I heard her side of the story. I ended my trip in beautiful Tel Aviv, where the waves ebb and flow, and the sea remains impartial. Muslim or Jewish, the water does not discriminate; it washes away the lines in the sand without bias.

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