I remember how nervous I first felt traveling to the “Arab quarter,” or Palestinian-governed portion of Jerusalem, as a 17-year-old high school senior. All I knew about the place upon my arrival I learned from Sunday School and Fox News (the official and only news channel of the Tanner household and practically everyone I knew growing up). What I expected and what I experienced could not have been more different. Every Palestinian I met — and I encountered a lot of them — were far kinder and more generous to me than I deserved. I was struck and enamored by Arab hospitality, humility, and humor. I remember asking myself: “Were Palestinians all Arab? Were they all Muslim? What did being Palestinian even mean?” In time, I met Palestinian Christians, Jews, and Muslims. I learned “Palestinian” was a political description for a specific ethnic group of Arab people native to the land I had only ever heard described as “Israel.
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I have been calling upon the public to help circulate, spread, and sign this petition for a while now, in fear that this type…