Today is my father’s birthday. He would have been 94. He was born at the eve of the Third Reich, served in the Hitler Youth as required by law, and even lived through the Battle of Berlin. Growing up he watched his fatherland go to war against its own people, Europe, and the world, only …
The Sea used to be open like the sky, no borders, no end in sight, but now the three-mile fishing limit leads to death for those who cross it. Imagine being shot for fishing off the shores of the outdoor prison that has become your homeland. The arbitrary line they drew in the Sea, …
Mohammed Al-Alami(Photo: Middle East Monitor) I was at a weeklong writer’s retreat held by my long-time contemplative writing teacher Miriam Hall out in the Driftless area of Wisconsin when I heard the news that that a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by the Israeli Defense Forces. Mohammed Al-Alami was riding in the car with his …
Nearly 75 years of sewage with nowhere to go but the Mediterranean Sea. You’d think that alone would be reason enough for the Israelis to want Palestinians to at least have sewage treatment parity with Israel so that the beaches, the gorgeous coastline of what was once Palestine, would remain pristine. There actually are sewage …
