Các đánh giá Fauzi Azar by Abraham

Although we were not guests of the hostel, my wife and I received permission to join the free walking tour of Nazareth. The guide, Sharif, told us that we would be receiving a tour from his Palestinian perspective, which would also include an explanation on local politics. What we received was a long lecture on what he claimed was Israeli policy towards local Muslim Arabs going back 75 years, with special mention of the War of Independence in 1948, the unfortunate mistaken deaths of around 50 Muslim civilians 65 years ago during the Suez War, the Arab intifada of 2000 and the accidental shooting of an American-Palestinian reporter. He failed to mention any reason behind any of the these events, nor any of the thousands of Israeli civilian murders at the hands of Palestinians. In other words, his version of history with absolutely no historical context. When I brought up the matter of what recent mayors of Nazareth have done for the city, he simply dismissed many years of several mayors whom he explained he disliked, giving one or two reasons. There was no real discussion of local politics, very little explanation on modern Nazareth, and very little walking. Although the tour was supposed to be about Nazareth, Sharif spent most of the time lecturing us on Israeli history, playing fast and furious with the truth. After the tour my wife and I stayed on, explaining the background to Sharif's narrative to the group, and answering their questions. Several of them joined us for a fascinating free guided tour of archaeological ruins and caves underThe Sisters of Nazareth Convent, which lasted an hour and included no politics or recent events. In summary, we were greatly disappointed to receive so little information about Nazareth, see so little of the city, learn nothing of the city's politics, and be subjected to a long harangue about the unfortunate Palestinians vs the evil Jews with no background, half-truths, one whopping untruth regarding (non existing) Arab refugee camps in Israel, and no mention of the refugee camps for Jews kicked out of Arab countries.