Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for August 09, 2013
August 08, 2013
August 10, 2013
Transcript:
Earl: Pop, there's only one argument against Texas secession-- Austin! You'd hate to lose the Austin of live music, high tech, UT Austin, SXSW, SoCo and general weirdness. But there's also the Austin of Rick Perry and the Texas state legislature. Duke: Sounds like Cold War Berlin. Earl: Right. Or Jerusalem without check-points.
Apart from the Western Wall I don’t think there aren’t actually many checkpoints in Jerusalem; there is airport-style security into buildings but not checkpoints. Into, and within, the Palestinian occupied territories, however is another matter. If you ever get the chance to go on the tour of Bethlehem and Ramallah that puts you on the bus to come back through the Qalandia gate, it’s a sobering experience to realise that the people you are with have to put up with this 5 days a week.