Since Joe Biden landed in Tel Aviv and the Israeli government announced the building of 1600 homes in East Jerusalem last week, the situation in the Middle East has got quite tense. We have seen pictures on TV of riots in streets of East Jerusalem in the beginning of this week which evidently raised the question whether it would be safe to go to Nablus or not.
Both the principal and I have been following the situation closely; we have been in contact with our friends in both Jerusalem and Nablus on the net and on the telephone. In addition we have spoken with the Norwegian embassy in Tel Aviv, and its branch in Al Ram on the West Bank.
The message we hear from everybody we have spoken to the last few days is: There is no reason to postpone the project.
So therefore I foresee myself boarding the Lufthansa plane for Frankfurt and Tel Aviv tomorrow morning at 6:40.
I am not worried. In fact I am excited about this journey, and I also feel privileged that I get to carry out this project.
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