After much deliberation I have removed some comments from this post – comments on both sides of an argument regarding whether or not I should have even visited Israel.

A commentor accused me of being severely insensitive for travelling to Israel. I travelled there to see for myself first-hand what is going on there. I went to meet people there and try to learn about a country on the other side of the world. Should journalists stay out of every country where there is conflict of any kind?

Travelling to other countries to experience them first-hand may be the best way to make an informed decision about a place (in my opinion).

I have no political agenda here. I realise it is a complicated situation over there in Israel but my trip was art-focused as I use this site to highlight artists.

If I feature artists/designers from Israel I am not taking sides on what is happening there, I feature work from all over the world every day.

There are many things the American government is doing that I disagree with but I doubt I will hear about how insensitive I am being the next time I travel to New York.

Thank you for understanding.

I can’t believe I am actually closing the comments on a post about cats.