We Israelis often complain that 'there is no one to talk to.' But for many young Palestinians, Israelis are a
lost cause - and anti-normalization means there is less interaction than ever to prove this wrong.
By Ori Nir
I recently met with a group of about a dozen young reporters and photojournalists from the West Bank. I asked them
whether they had any contacts with Israeli journalists and was shocked to hear they did not. I told them that when
I covered Palestinian affairs for Haaretz in the 1980s and '90s, Palestinian journalists were my primary sources -
and my good friends. Back then, journalists on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide sought contact with
each other, first and foremost because they thought their readers needed and wanted to know about their neighbors.