"To understand the Israel-Hamas war, you have to understand how we got here." —Vox, October 19, 2023
Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinians “Living Under Incredible Oppression, … It Had to Explode” —Democracy Now, October 9, 2023
“The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, October 27, 2023
His corpse lies all over town,
in all streets, all courtyards,
all rooms
drained out from his blood.
Air raid sirens yawn aloud
and roar, boom a
hollow scream
all over village or city.
A shimmer of light falls on
the corpse, bounces off his
glassy teeth and a smile
forms around his lips.
George Salamon talked years ago to a young Palestinian recently released from an Israeli prison for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. "I just want to have a life," he said. I wonder if he is among the fallen now. Also years ago a "revisionist" Israeli historian said "there is sympathy for both sides." All sides have failed the "Holy Land," and it is now a Bloodland.