Ramallah Yasser Arafat Square

Decided Saturday Sabbath was a good day to see the West Bank sites and the most reliable way to do that was an organised tour. The army check points are unpredictable and one had moved but we did make our first stop in Ramallah in reasonable time.

It was interesting to have a Palestinian who lives in the West Bank as the tour guide and have that perspective.

Yasser Arafat Square was renamed from Clock Tower Square and features a large monument of a flag on an electric pole. This was inspired by the youths who would show defiance by dangerously climbing transmission lines to hang the then banned Palestinian flag.Read more