Here is a somewhat decent article from my local paper, filled with phenomenally enlightening quotes – particularly when contrasted – about another pointless cross-cultural dialogue program.

"My only knowledge of Israelis was bombings, checkpoints and not being able to come to school."
-Palestinian participant describing the conflict

“[I]t's like elevator music”
-Israeli participant describing the conflict

The issue is land, power, and occupation. The issue is not dialogue.

Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a concentration camp, which it regularly bombs. It is true, as the quotes above highlight, that Israelis and Palestinians experience the conflict differently. But what, exactly, is dialogue between college students supposed to do? And why is my local paper focusing on that?