You said that a soldier could have a bad day, and then it’s really affecting the Palestinians. How did you experience it?I don’t think I’ve experienced any egregious or extreme [events]. I’ll say that first of all at Qalandiya [DCO]. I remember a few incidents. First of all, I remember Palestinians coming to the window acting very, very politely. Now that I come to think about it, I kind of compare it almost to Jim Crow America, where like Black Americans tend to behave a certain way to operate in society. They came to the window very politely. They were trying to be good people and not rock the boat. They just wanted to get through the process and not make a scene. So, that was the overall attitude on the Palestinian side. On the Israeli side and the soldiers, these are 18 year olds, 19 year olds. I remember one girl, she had such a bad accent in Arabic, she was just screaming at them. “Why don’t [you] understand me?! You don’t understand what I’m saying.” Your accent is terrible. They don’t understand what you’re saying. But instead of calmly speaking to this person, you’re screaming at them. Obviously, that’s not an egregious crime where that became violent. But the environment itself could become hostile, if that makes sense.
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I kind of compare it almost to Jim Crow America 
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