"We go again into the desert today. Make sure you have the hats and the water bottles."
He accelerates through another checkpoint. But again, the dual Palestinian and Israeli guards don't glance at us or at the vast white nebula in our wake.
James snaps a picture of a flag and asks, "Is that the flag of the Palestinians?"
"Of course. This is the West Bank."
We bounce past and he waves toward a hilltop above another limp flag. "This is the Mountain of the Temptation, but we don't stop. It is nothing to see."
