Readers may be interested in a blog by what appears to be (the blogger's profile doesn't give much information) a volunteer at the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center (see here at the Judeo-Christian Alliance for more info on Sabeel): Reflections from Sabeel, Jerusalem.

There are only three posts, left occasionally by what sounds like a...well-meaning...young (?) volunteer who may just yet be a bit naive to the world as yet. Here latest post, militarizing society, describes her fear at seeing so many Israelis carrying guns, and laments the Israeli militarization of their society.

The trouble with so many well-meaning people is that they travel somewhere, anywhere, with the best of intentions but have absolutely no idea what they're seeing and what they're dealing with so their descriptions, their framing of events, even their perceptions are always unreliable. It happens to everyone, from NGO volunteers to parachute journalists.

Comments are moderated and mine hasn't appeared yet though I left it yesterday. Here it is:

I'm sure the tone of my comment was too abrupt, but perhaps the author could use some polite help contextualizing some of the things she may see and experience as she goes along.