“‘Why can’t I see white?’”
Writings from an Israeli prison ‘hospital.’ This is Part Two of a three-part series on Rateb al–Hribat and his writings while in Israeli prisons. Now in his mid-forties, Rateb spent twenty-two years in the Israeli gulag, where he wrote two…
“‘Raw reality’ in Palestine.”
In conversation with a former political prisoner. I learned about Rateb al–Hribat from my Arabic interpreter, a young woman named Sadeel. This was November of last year and we, Sadeel and I, were traveling in the West Bank as I…
“Recognition amid genocide.”
Palestinians speak. 29 SEPTEMBER—The 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly turned out to be as momentous as many had anticipated. On Sunday 21 September Australia, Canada, Portugal, and the United Kingdom recognized Palestinian statehood. The following day, six…
“Settler madness.”
Sanity and psychosis in the West Bank. 11 SEPTEMBER—I recently delivered a talk at the annual Mut zur Ethik conference in Sirnach, Switzerland. Held each summer at the end of August for the past thirty-two years, Mut zur Ethik, which translates as “courage…
“‘Hungry in their souls.’”
I received an email from my friend Samia Khoury not long ago. In it she shared a letter written by a man in Gaza. This is the second such letter to arrive recently in my inbox—addressed to another and forwarded…
“‘What is this madness?’”
A letter from Gaza. 7 JULY—I received a note the other day that I think it is imperative my readers see for the shocking realities it describes. The email message arrived from Mazin Qumsiyeh. Some of you may recognize Mazin’s…
“Death to the genocide machine.”
The most criminal army in the world. The following is dedicated to the memory of Malak Musleh, Gaza’s youngest female boxer, and the twenty-nine other people killed along with her when the I.D.F. bombed a seaside cafe yesterday. Al-Baqa Cafeteria…
“‘We cherish life.’”
From Palestine to Americans: A letter. 22 June—Cultures throughout West Asia have a tradition whereby a man may ascend to a revered position within his community due to his spirit of benevolence. Such a man assumes no political position or…
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