Reply #16: As someone who lives in Jerusalem could you . .

[msmcghee]

. . possibly describe what that is like at the human level? I read many news articles about the conflict but I can never get a feeling for what it is like to be there. I assume that there are many Arabs - both Israel citizens and non-citizens in Jerusalem. Is there suspicion and tension and a tendency to have separate coffee shops, markets, etc. for each group? Are there acts of anger commonly expressed in public? Are these expressed in one direction more than the other? Or, is it like living in any other multicultural city in the world?

(For both you and pelsar, I really appreciate any attempt to fill in this "human side of existence" narrative in any of your posts.)